Acknowledgments  My writing of this thesis has smoothly come to an end, and I hereby would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the following persons for their selfless dedication and contribution to my thesis. 35919
My profound gratitude first goes to Associate Prof. Lin Xiaojun, my supervisor, for her constant guidance and encouragement in the process of my writing. She offered me considerable and constructive advice, practical and profound suggestions on the completion of my paper. Just under her careful and patient guidance, I begin to get a clear idea of the paper and fully frame it out.  Without her support and help, the completion of the present thesis is impossible.
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the teachers who have ever taught me throughout my college years, especially Cheng Qinhua, my British and American Literature course teacher. His profound and perfect knowledge of western literature led me into the world of literature, and also inspired me to make efforts in English learning. I am also very grateful to all other teachers of the School of Foreign Languages who gave me direct or indirect help during my study in the college.
I am also grateful to my classmates and roommates for their encouragement, support, comments and wise advice.
Last, I wish to devote this paper to my parents for their everlasting dedication that they have shown since I was just a little child.
Abstract
Emma is considered as one of the most mature novels among Austen’s six novels and is also regarded as one of the most classic novels of 19th century, in which love, marriage, morality, hierarchy and social status embody the realism of the author and that era.
Love and marriage is the main topic in Emma.There are love stories about four heroes and heroines in Emma. People believe that these wonderful and intricate stories reflect the Austin’s view of love and marriage from different aspects. This paper will analyze four stories in Emma with a few critical approaches to conclude author’s attitudes toward love and marriage. Furthermore, this paper will give some comparison between traditional and modern value on love and marriage and some personal understandings of the writer of this paper. 
This essay falls into six parts. The first part is an introduction. The second part mainly describes four heroes and heroines’ love and marriage. The third part analyzes the author’s view on love and marriage. The fourth part primarily describes young person’s love and marriage in today’s society. The fifth part is my view on love and marriage. And the last part draws a conclusion.
Key Words: Emma, Jane Austen, Love, Marriage, Social Status
摘要《爱玛》被认为是简奥斯丁优尔部小说中最成熟的作品，也是19世纪最有影响力的经典小说之一，其中爱情、婚姻、道德与阶级观念体现了作者及那个时代理性主义的思想。
婚恋观是《爱玛》作品中的主题，其中主要以四对男女主人公的爱情婚姻为主线。人们认为这些精彩、错综复杂、扣人心弦的故事从不同角度反映了作者简奥斯汀的婚恋观。本文将一些批评手法解读爱玛中的四段爱情故事，以总结奥斯汀的婚恋观。对比古今婚恋观的差异进一步给出本文作者就婚恋观的个人观点。
本篇论文共分为优尔部分。第一部分是介绍。第二部分主要介绍小说中四对男女主人公的爱情与婚姻。第三部分主要对作者的婚恋观进行分析。第四部分主要写当今社会中男女青年的婚恋观。第五部分是主要写我对于当今婚恋观的看法。第优尔部分是结论。
毕业论文关键词：爱玛，简.奥斯，爱情，婚姻, 社会地位
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements.i
Abstractii
摘要.iii
1 Introduction    1
2 Heroes and Heroines’ Love and Marriage in Emma    4
2.1Taylor and Weston     4 论《爱玛》中的婚恋观:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_34130.html