Vanity-Fair--析名利场

VanityFairByWilliamMakepeaceThackerayReporter:郑雪莲Groupmembers:许晓昕张海洲AnanalysisofVanityFairThesettingandcircumstanceIntroductionThecharactersThePlotsThethemeThecharacteristicsofVanityFairCommentsonThackeray’snovelsSettingsandCircumstance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.IntroductionGeorgeOsborneAmeliaSedleyWillianDobbinBeckySharpRawdonCrawleyJosephSedleyCharactersRebeccaSharp:theleadingcharacter,wifeofRawdon(BeckyisshortforRebecca)AmeliaSedley:Becky’sschoolmateanddearfriendRawdon:Becky’shusband,asoldierGeorge:Amelia’shusbandWillianDobbin: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BeckyandAmelialeavingschoolInAmelia’shome,BeckytriestoentrapJosephBeckybecomingSirPittCrawley’sgoverness,secretlymarriedtoRawdonCrawleyAmelia’sfathergotbankrupt,butcaptainDobbinhelpedher.AmeliagetmarriedtoGeorgeOsbornewholaterdiedinthebattlefieldRawdonCrawleyimprisonedfordebt,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.Whatisomniscientnarrator?OmniscientNarratorOmniscientnarrator---an‘all‐knowing’kindofnarratorverycommonlyfoundinworksoffictionwrittenasthird‐personnarratives.Theomniscientnarratorhasafullknowledgeofthestory'seventsandofthemotivesandunspokenthoughtsofthevariouscharacters.Heorshewillalsobecapableofdescribingeventshappeningsimultaneouslyindifferentplaces—acapacitynotnormallyavailabletothelimitedpointofviewoffirst‐personnarratives.InVanityFair,theauthormakesthenarrationinthetoneofastory-teller.ThetoneisfriendlyandcasualbecauseheactsasacharacterintheVanityFairtorecountwhatheknowswell,anditisalsoquitenaturaltoinsertsomecommentsintothenarration.Thackeraywassuchagoodnarratorthatthenarrationwasvivid,interestingandfullofhumor.Thedialoguesarevividandmatchthecharacters’identitieswell.OmniscientNarratorTheCharacteristicsofVanityFair3.VanityFairisworkofsocialcriticism,andisnotedfortheauthor’srealisticdepiction,theironicandsarcastictoneandconstantcommentandcriticism.Explaination:Thiskindofrealismisbasedonauthor’sownlifeexperience.ThecharacterofBeckySharpisbasedinpartonThackeray'smaternalgrandmotherHarrietBecher.archetypeArchetype(原型)ThecharacterofBeckySharpisbasedinpartonThackeray'smaternalgrandmotherHarrietBecher.SheabandonedherhusbandandchildrenwhensheelopedwithCaptai