【正确答案】：
A. JANE EYRE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND IMPORTANT NOVELS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE. IT IS NOTED FOR ITS SHARP CRITICISM OF THE EXISTING SOCIETY. E. G. THE RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY OF CHARITY INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS LOWOOD SCHOOL, THE SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION JANE EXPERIENCES FIRST AS A DEPENDENT AT HER AUNT’S HOUSE AND LATER AS A GOVERNESS AT THORNFIELD, AND THE FALSE SOCIAL CONVENTION AS CONCERNING LOVE AND MARRIAGE. AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS AN INTENSE MORAL FABLE. JANE, LIKE MR. ROCHESTER, HAS TO UNDERGO A SERIES OF PHYSICAL AND MORAL TESTS TO GROW UP AND ACHIEVE HER FINAL HAPPINESS.
B. THE SUCCESS OF THE NOVEL IS ALSO DUE TO ITS INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH NOVEL THE FIRST GOVERNESS HEROINE. JANE EYRE, AN ORPHAN CHILD WITH A FIERY SPIRIT AND A LONGING TO LOVE AND BE LOVED, A POOR, PLAIN, LITTLE GOVERNESS WHO DARES TO LOVE HER MASTER, A MAN SUPERIOR TO HER IN MANY WAYS, AND EVEN IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO DECLARE TO THE MAN HER LOVE FOR HIM, CUTS A COMPLETELY NEW WOMAN IMAGE. 
【题目解析】：本题考查了《简·爱》的特色以及小说的主题和人物分析。1.小说地位及特色：《简·爱》是维多利亚时代最受欢迎、最重要的小说之一。它以对现存社会的尖锐批评而闻名。2.人物形象：这部小说的成功还得益于它首次引入了家庭女教师这一形象。简·爱是一个有着炽烈的精神和对爱和被爱的渴望的孤儿，亦是一位贫穷、朴素、敢于爱她的主人的小家庭女教师，小说通过描写男女主人公曲折起伏的爱情经历，塑造了一个全新的女性形象。