vanityfair名利场中的人物

NowriterwasbettergiftedthanThackerayforthiskindofsatirebecausenofacultyismorepropertosatirethanreflection.

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VanityfairbyWilliamMakepeaceThackeray

GistoftheNovelNamedafterthefairsetupbyBeelzebubinBunyan’sPilgrim’sProgress,thenoveltakesplaceduringtheNapoleonicWarsandconcernsthelivesoftwostarklycontrastedgirls:BeckySharp,orphanedandpoorbutingenious;andAmeliaSedley,sheltereddaughterofarichCitymerchant.ThesetwomeetatMissPinkerton’sAcademyforyoungladies,theformerdrivenbysocialambitionandthelatterbyherdelicateheart.Sharp’sadventuresbeginwithanattempttomarryJosSedley,Amelia’sbrother,whoisrichbutdim.ShesoonfindsherwaytotheCrawleyhouseholdasagovernessandmarriesRawdon,thesecondsonofSirPittCrawley,althoughthefatherhimselfhadproposedtoher.Rawdonis,typicallyforthenovel,anignorantandself-indulgentman.However,BeckymovesonfurthertobecomethemistressofLordSteyneandfindsherplaceinsocietyalmostaccidentallyintheend.MissSedley’sstoryislessintriguing,largelyduetouselessfirsthusbandOsborneandmoralbyuninterestingsecondloveDobbin.TheCharacteristicsofVanityFair1.VanityFairhasasub-title,ANovelWithoutaHero,whichintendstoportraythebourgeoisandaristocraticsocietyasawhole.e.g..Noneofthecharactersarewhollyevil,though.EvenBecky,whoisamoralandcunning,isthrownonherownresourcesbypovertyanditsstigma.

2.Thackerayemploysanomniscientnarrator

totellthestory.P134Doctor.RaineWhatisomniscientnarrator?omniscientnarratoromniscientnarratoran‘all‐knowing’kindofnarratorverycommonlyfoundinworksoffictionwrittenasthird‐personnarratives.Theomniscientnarratorhasafullknowledgeofthestory'seventsandofthemotivesandunspokenthoughtsofthevariouscharacters.Heorshewillalsobecapableofdescribingeventshappeningsimultaneouslyindifferentplaces—acapacitynotnormallyavailabletothelimitedpointofviewoffirst‐personnarratives.SelectedReading

ChapterTwo

InWhichMissSharpandMissSedleyPreparetoOpentheCampaign

INTRODUCTION:AfterdeparturefromMissPinkerton’sAcademy，BeckySharp,andAmeliaSedleyaskedBeckySharpwenttoherhometostayafewdays.ThestoryofthischapterhappenedontheirwaytoAmeliaSedley’shome.Theauthorusedalottotelluswhatkindofpersonthetwogirlsare.?3.VanityFairisworkofsocialcriticism,andisnotedfortheauthor’srealisticdepiction,theironicandsarcastictoneandconstantcommentandcriticism.Explaination:Thiskindofrealismisbasedonauthor’sownlifeexperince.ThecharacterofBeckySharpisbasedinpartonThackeray'smaternalgrandmotherHarrietBecher.

archetypeArchetype(原型)ThecharacterofBeckySharpisbasedinpartonThackeray'smaternalgrandmotherHarrietBecher.SheabandonedherhusbandandchildrenwhensheelopedwithCaptainCharlesChristie.In1806shortlyafterthedeathofChristieandherhusbandshemarriedEdwardButler,anotherarmyofficer.ThackeraylivedwithhisgrandmotherinParisinthe1830sandagaininthe1840s.此处资料来源于：http:///wiki/Vanity_Fair_(novel)Character

BeckySharp1.thelivingenvironment2.personalitythelivingenvironment

Mother’sdeathBeautifulFrenchwithParisianaccentLackofmaternallovenosympathyforothers

P139……butshelivedamongthem2years,andnotonewassorrythatshewentaway.Fatherwith“agreatpropensityforrunningintodebt,andapartialityforthetavern”bringsherup.Thepeoplesheencounteredarehooligans,creditorsandsoon.P138Shehadthetalkofmanyofhiswildcompanions------oftenbutill-suitedforagirltohear.Hewhostaysnearvermilliongetsstrainedred,andhewhostaysnearinkgetsstrainedblack.

近朱者赤近墨者黑Miserablechildhood1.Shehasbeenimperceptiblyinfluencedbythebadpartofhumannature-----greediness,hypocrisy2.Shewantedtomakeherwayint