夏洛蒂·勃朗特,19世纪批判现实主义作家,向传统的男权社会挑战,创作了其代表作《简.爱》。她成功塑造了英国文学史上第一个对爱情、生活、社会以及宗教都采取了独立自主的积极进取态度和敢于斗争、敢于争取自由平等地位的新女性形象,较早地表现了女性意识的觉醒和女性的抗争,闪耀着女权主义思想的光辉。本文通过阐释男权社会下女权运动思潮,探索女性的觉醒和归宿,从而进一步理解简.爱这位男权社会的新女性形象,体悟女性运动成为男权社会不可忽视的力量。 Charlotte Bronte, a critical realist writer of the 19th century, challenged the traditional patriarchal society and created her masterpiece “Jane Eyre.” She succeeded in shaping the first novel in the history of British literature that she adopted an independent, aggressive attitude toward love, life, society and religion, dared to fight for freedom and equal status, and earlier manifested the awakening of female consciousness The struggle of women shines with the glorious feminism. By explaining the trend of feminist movement in patriarchal society and exploring the awakening and fate of females, this paper further understands the new feminist image of Jane Eyre and comprehends the feat that women’s movement can not be ignored in patriarchal society.