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VanityFair ByWilliamMakepeaceThackeray Reporter 郑雪莲Groupmembers 许晓昕张海洲 AnanalysisofVanityFair ThesettingandcircumstanceIntroductionThecharactersThePlotsThethemeThecharacteristicsofVanityFairCommentsonThackeray snovels SettingsandCircumstance VanityFairisamasterpiecemostenduringthroughtimeamongThackeray sworks Thestoryisabouttheboisterousuppermiddleclassinthe19thcenturyBritain Itwasatimewhenthecountry governedbyrichbusinessmenwhomadetheirfortunebyexploitingthecoloniesandlaborers wasmoststrongandprosperouswithadvancedindustryandcommerce ItwasalsoatimewhenthewarbetweenFranceandBritainforpowerbrokeout SettingsandCircumstance Variousmembersoftheuppermiddleclasswereallbusythemselvesinseekingpowerandposition fameandfortune whichareallconnectedinthemselves Everyonebustledfortheirownfortune VanityFairisanovelwithoutaHero satirizingsocietyinearly19th centuryBritain Thebook stitlecomesfromJohnBunyan sallegoricalstoryThePilgrim sProgress firstpublishedin1678andstillwidelyreadatthetimeofThackeray snovel Inthenovel BeckySharpisaclassicexampleofthismoney grubbinginstinct EveryonewishestogainsomethinginVanityFairandactsalmostinthesamemannerasBecky Introduction GeorgeOsborne AmeliaSedley WillianDobbin BeckySharp RawdonCrawley JosephSedley Characters RebeccaSharp theleadingcharacter wifeofRawdon BeckyisshortforRebecca AmeliaSedley Becky sschoolmateanddearfriendRawdon Becky shusband asoldierGeorge Amelia shusbandWillianDobbin George sfriend lovedAmelia JosephSedley Amelia sbrother likedBecky Becky anorphantryingsohardtoclimbupintotheupperclass Beckyiscleverselfish bohemianandpoor Shehadagreatambitions andusedallkindsofimpudentwaystoachieveheraim Sheisfaithlesstoeveryone Amelia whoisgoodstupid bourgeoisandrich fellinlovewithasuperficialdandycaptainGeorge Heisn tagoodman HewasfedupwithAmeliasoonandwentforanotherwomenaftermarriage Ameliawassoinlovewiththisdandythatevenafterhisdeathsherefusedtomarryanotherman untilsheknewthetruth Shemarriedwithagoodmanatlast RawdonCrawley Thackeraydescribeshimasa heavydragoonwithstrongdesiresandsmallbrains whohadnevercontrolledapassioninhislife GeorgeOsborne asuperficialyoungman asonofatrader Characters Thackeraypresentedhischaractersastheyarerealinlife Herecordedthefailingsofhischaracters aswellastheirmeritsandcapacities Healsodescribedhischaractersthroughcontrast likeAmeliavsBecky Characters Thackeraytendedtoprobeintothosecharacters mindswhenhewasdescribingthem Hisconstantacuteobservationandselfanalysisenabledhimtoperceivethemoodsandemotionofthecharacterswell Healsopurposefullyportrayedtheconditionthatcouldchangeaperson swayoflife ThePlots BeckyandAmelialeavingschoolInAmelia shome BeckytriestoentrapJosephBeckybecomingSirPittCrawley sgoverness secretlymarriedtoRawdonCrawleyAmelia sfathergotbankrupt butcaptainDobbinhelpedher AmeliagetmarriedtoGeorgeOsbornewholaterdiedinthebattlefieldRawdonCrawleyimprisonedfordebt later hefindsBreckyentertainingLordSteyne HeleavesforIndiaanddiesoffeverthere ThePlots BeckymetAmeliaagainandtoldhertheinfidelityofGeorge soAmeliamarriedDobbin BeckyliveswithJosephandgetsallhispropertywhenhedies Beckyliveslikeagrandlady Theme Thetitlesuggeststhetheme vanityfair Thetreasuresofvanityfair aremoneyandposition whicharedesirablebuttransient Thackeray sidea then isthatalthoughonemayliveinvanityfair oneneednotbeaslavetoitsvalues whicheventuallyturnintoemptiness TheCharacteristicsofVanityFair 1 VanityFairhasasub title ANovelWithoutaHero whichintendstoportraythebourgeoisandaristocraticsocietyasawhole e g Noneofthecharactersarewhollyevil though EvenBecky whoisamoralandcunning isthrownonherownresourcesbypovertyanditsstigma TheCharacteristicsofVanityFair 2 Thackerayemploysanomniscientnarratortotellthestory OmniscientNarrator Omniscientnarrator an all knowing kindofnarratorverycommonlyfoundinworksoffictionwrittenasthird personnarratives Theomniscientnarratorhasafullknowledgeofthestory seventsandofthemotivesandunspokenthoughtsofthevariouscharacters Heorshewillalsobecapableofdescribingeventshappeningsimultaneouslyindifferentplaces acapacitynotnormallyavailabletothelimitedpointofviewoffirst personnarratives InVanityFair theauthormakesthenarrationinthetoneofastory teller ThetoneisfriendlyandcasualbecauseheactsasacharacterintheVanityFairtorecountwhatheknowswell anditisalsoquitenaturaltoinsertsomecommentsintothenarration Thackeraywassuchagoodnarratorthatthenarrationwasvivid interestingandfullofhumor Thedialoguesarevividandmatchthecharacters identitieswell OmniscientNarrator TheCharacteristicsofVanityFair 3 VanityFairisworkofsocialcriticism andisnotedfortheauthor srealisticdepiction theironicandsarcastictoneandconstantcommentandcriticism Explaination Thiskindofrealismisbasedonauthor sownlifeexperience ThecharacterofBeckySharpisbasedinpartonThackeray smaternalgrandmotherHarrietBecher archetype Archetype 原型 ThecharacterofBeckySharpisbasedinpartonThackeray smaternalgrandmotherHarrietBecher SheabandonedherhusbandandchildrenwhensheelopedwithCaptainCharlesChristie In1806shortlyafterthedeathofChristieandherhusbandshemarriedEdwardButler anotherarmyofficer ThackeraylivedwithhisgrandmotherinParisinthe1830sandagaininthe1840s 此处资料来源于 http en wikipedia org wiki Vanity Fair novel VanityFairrevealsthetruthofthepoliticsandsocietyofthecapitalistworld thatis theuglinessofthesociety Thackerayfeltthatthesocietywasfullofthosefaithless hopelessandmercilessmenwhowereeitherswindlersorfoolswithmuchpopularity Novelistsshouldmakepeoplelaughbyexposingandmakingfunofthem Ther