英文学-名利场英文完整-Vanity-Fairppt课件

.,1,VanityFair,.,2,Background,Content,Characters,Literarysignificanceandcriticism,.,3,HistoricalContext,ThenovelisbasedonBritishupper-middlesocietyinnineteenthcentury.Britainhasstrong,developedindustryandcommerce,andmerchantswhobecamerichbyexploitingcolonistsdominatethesociety.BritainwasatwarwithFrance,whichisthebattleofWaterloo.Allthepeopleamongtheupper-middlesocietyscrambledforfame,wealthandpower.,.,4,Publication,VanityFair:ANovelwithoutaHeroisanovelbyWilliamMakepeaceThackeray,firstpublishedin184748,satirizingsocietyinearly19th-centuryBritain.ThebookstitlecomesfromJohnBunyansallegoricalstoryThePilgrimsProgress.Vanityfairreferstoastopalongthepilgrimsprogress:anever-endingfairheldinatowncalledVanity,whichismeanttorepresentmanssinfulattachmenttoworldlythings.,.,5,Contentofthenovel,AmeliaSedley,ofgoodfamily,andRebeccaSharp,anorphan,leaveMissPinkertonsacademyonChiswickMalltoliveouttheirlivesinVanityFair.RebeccafirstattemptstoenterthesacreddomainofVanityFairbyinducingJosephSedley,Ameliasbrother,tomarryher.RebeccatakesapositionasgovernessatQueensCrawley,andmarriesRawdonCrawley.Butbecauseofhismarriage,Rawdonsrichauntdisinheritshim.AsafriendofGeorgeOsborne,WilliamDobbinbecomestheinstrumentforgettingGeorgetomarryAmelia.GeorgediesatWaterloo.AmeliawouldhavestarvedbutforWilliamDobbinsanonymouscontributiontoherwelfare.BothRebeccaandAmeliagivebirthtosons.WhenshebecomesthefavoriteofthegreatLordSteyne,sheaccumulatesbothmoneyanddiamonds.Butshehidesmuchofherloot.InthemeantimeinnocentRawdondrawsclosertoLadyJane,wifeofRawdonsolderbrother,Pitt,whohasinheritedfromtherichaunt.WhenRawdondiscoversRebeccainhertreachery,helefther.,.,6,BecauseherparentsarestarvingandshecanneitherprovideforthemnorgivelittleGeorgywhatshethinksheneeds,AmeliagivesuphersontohisgrandfatherOsborne.WilliamDobbincomesbackfromtheservice,reconcilesoldOsbornetoAmelia,whereatOsbornemakesawillleavingGeorgyhalfofhisfortuneandprovidingforAmelia.Rebecca,havinglosttherespectabilityofahusband,wandersinEuropeforacoupleofyearsandfinallymeetsJoseph,Georgy,Amelia,andWilliamontheContinent.Rebeccasetsabouttofinishwhatshestartedtodoatthefirstofthebookthatis,toensnareJoseph.Shedoesnotmarryhim,butshetakesallhismoneyandhediesinterrorofher,theimplicationbeingthatshehas,atleast,hastenedhisdeath.AttheendofthebookRebeccahasthemoneynecessarytoliveinVanityFair;sheappearstoberespectable.WilliamhaswonAmelia.LittleRawdon,uponthedeathofhisunclePittandhiscousinPitt,becomestheheirofQueensCrawley.LittleGeorge,throughthekindnessofDobbin,haslosthisdistortedvaluesobtainedinVanityFair.,.,7,Analysisofthecharacters,BeckySharpAmeliaSedleyJosSedleyRawdonCrawleySirPittCrawleyMissMatidaCrawleyGeorgeOsborneWilliamDobbin,.,8,BeckySharp,ThackerayexplainswhyBeckydoeswhatshedoes:“Shewasofawild,rovingnature,inheritedfromfatherandmother,whowerebothBohemians（波西米亚人）,bytasteandcircumstance.,.,9,Shesacrificeshusband,child,friendstoit;butsheenjoysthebattle.AtleastIshallbeamongstgentlefolksandnotwithvulgarcitypeople.,.,10,AftereavesdroppingonWilliamstalkwithAmelia,Beckysaystoherself,“Whatanobleheartthatmanhas,andhowshamefullythatwomanplayswithit.ifIcouldhavehadsuchahusbandasthatamanwithaheartandbrainstoo!Iwouldnothavemindedhislargefeet.”,.,11,AmeliaSedley,Ameliaisconsideredtheheroine:goodnaturedbutpassiveandnaive.Shehasaround,rosysnub-nosedfaceandbrownhair.MissPinkertondescribesherasindustrious,obedient,sweet,andbeloved.Shehasmasteredtheseaccomplishments:music,dancing,orthography,embroidery,andneedlework.,.,12,Ameliasloyaltyandlong,blinddevotiontoGeorgeamountalmosttostupidity.AnyfaultinGeorgesheinterpretsasafaultinherselfandaccusesherselfofguiltylovetoaccountforhishavingbeenkilled.Sweet,lovable,refreshing,shehasneitherthesparklenorthementalityofBecky.,.,13,BeckySharphisgoodhumour;hisbraveryandcourage.,.,15,Contemporarycritics,Evenbeforethelastpartoftheserialwaspublished,criticshailedtheworkasaliterarytreasure.Althoughthecriticsweresuperlativeintheirpraise,theyexpresseddisappointmentattheunremittinglydarkportrayalofhumannature,fearingThackerayhadtakenhisdismalmetaphortoofar.Inresponsetohiscritics,Thackerayexplainedthathesawpeopleforthemostpartabominablyfoolishandselfish.Theunhappyendingwasintendedtoinspirereaderstolookinwardattheirownshortcomings.,.,16,Theorists,Thenovelisasatireofsocietyasawhole,characterizedbyhypocrisyandopportunism,butitisnotareformingnovel;thereisnosuggestionthatsocialorpoliticalchanges,orgreaterpietyandmoralreformismcouldimprovethenatureofsociety.Itthuspaintsafairlybleakviewofthehumancondition.ThisbleakportraitiscontinuedwithThackeraysownroleasanomniscientnarrator,oneofthewritersbestknownforusing