《名利场》中女性人物对比分析

A Comparative Analysis Of Female Characters In Vanity Fair

《名利场》中女性人物对比分析

Abstract 

    Vanity Fair, generally considered as the masterpiece of the eminent English critical realistic writer, William Makepeace Thackeray is meanwhile a world classical works. Through describing the fortunes of two entirely different but inter-linked female characters Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, this novel explains the females’place and image in the male-dominated and money-oriented Victorian Society, and attacks the hypocritical and corrupt social feature. This paper will firstly give an analysis of the two female characters respectively, including their backgrounds, education and personalities, then give a comparative study of the two female characters from three aspects, i.e their different survivability, their different attitudes toward family and marriage; as well as their different attitudes toward difficulties and fortune, And finally gets a conclusion that the two female characters as the typical representative under the social backgrounds at that time, were doomed to be the tragedy of the times, but just in different way. Through the study and exploration of this paper, the author hopes to make a little contribution to a better study and reading of this novel.

Key words: Vanity Fair;female characters;Becky Sharp;Amelia Sedley; comparative study

摘 要

    《名利场》被公认为是英国杰出的批判现实主义小说家威廉·梅克皮斯·萨克雷的代表作，同时也是一部世界经典著作。小说通过刻画两个截然不同性格却又相互关联的女性人物，艾米利亚和丽贝加，诠释了处于男权思想和金钱至上的维多利亚社会的女性的地位和形象，并抨击了当时虚伪腐败的社会现状。本文先分别对两个女性人物进行分析，包括她们各自的生活背景、教育状况和性格特点，然后从三个方面展开对这两位女性人物进行对比分析，即，她们不同的生存能力；对待家庭和婚姻的态度及对待困难和命运的态度。最后得出结论，在当时的社会背景下，她们作为当时社会女性的典型代表注定是时代的悲剧，只是方式不同。通过本文的研究和探讨，笔者希望能为更好地研究和阅读该小说做出一点贡献。

关键词：名利场；女性人物；丽贝加；艾米利亚；对比分析

CONTENTS

Introduction 1

Chapter One Literature Review 2

1.1 The Study of Vanity Fair Abroad 2

1.2 The Study of Vanity at Home 3

Chapter Two The Comparative Study of Two Female Characters................4

2.1 The Analysis of Becky Sharp 4

   2.1.1 Becky's Background and Education 4

   2.1.2 Becky's Rebelliousness and Courage 5

2.2 The Analysis of Amelia Sedley 6

   2.2.1 Amelia's Background and Education 6

   2.2.2 Amelia's Weakness and Childishness 6

2.3 The Compaprative Study of Becky and Amelia 7

   2.3.1 Their Living Ability 7

   2.3.2 Their Attitudes toward Families and Marriage 9

   2.3.3 Their Attitudes toward Difficulties and Fortunes 11

chapter Three  Social backgrounds...................................................................12

3.1 The Rising of the Middle Class....................................................................12

3.2 The influences of Religion............................................................................13

Conclusion 13

References 14

Acknowledgements 15