Analysis on the Metaphors of Life in Jane Eyre from the Perspective of Cognitive Stylistics
Jane Eyre is a masterpiece of Charlotte Bronte,which contains many metaphors of life.Lakoff and Johnson proposed that metaphor can reflect thinking,and cognitive stylistics focuses on language and the cognitive motivations and intentions behind language choices,which can provide a deeper interpretation of the underlying meaning and themes of a text.Therefore,from the perspective of cog-nitive stylistics and based on the theory of conceptual metaphor,the paper analyzes metaphors of life for Jane Eyre and Rochester in Jane Eyre,aiming to perceive the growth of the heroine more clearly by summarizing and comparing their metaphors of life.