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Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero

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2016年6月1日

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Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero

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the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
Taishan Medical University

Taian, China
April, 2016

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Abstract

Vanity Fair wtritten by William Makepeace Thackeray who is a great British novelist of the 19 century. In this novel,the author sussessfully show a vivid picture of the British upper circles of society in the 19th century which is depicting the British aristocracy fame, no morality,and the cold false living beings.The purpose of this article is that analyzes several factors that determine thedouble life of Rebecca Sharp: social environment, the characters of the figures, and another people’s characters driven. Rebecca Sharp is the most attractive and most charm part in this novel. Although she did many bad things, but she has not lost his conscience.As a people who has a complex inner world, she also has her own merit and that is the reason why we can see a vivid figure,she is the inevitable product of the era.At the end of it, we can conclusion that Vanity Fair is a dazzling star in the artistic place of the world because we can get lessons from it to enjoy great love and happy life.

Key words:Vanity Fair ;double life; character；social background

摘要

《名利场》的作者是萨克雷,他是英国文学史上的一位伟大的小说家，在这篇小说中作者成功的向人们展示了 19 世纪初叶英国上流社会极为鲜明生动的生活画卷, 描摹出英国贵族阶层追名逐利、没有道德、冷酷虚假的众生相。这篇论文的主要目的是分析造成女主蓓基·夏泼上面人生的原因，分别从以下方面来讨论：社会背景，主人公的性格特征，和其他人物性格的驱动。功塑造了蓓基·夏泼这一人物形象。蓓基·夏泼是《名利场》中最具魅力、光彩照人的人物。她虽然做了许多坏事 ,可她还没有完全丧失良知。作为一个有着复杂的内心世界的人 ,她也有可取之处 ,这正是蓓基·夏泼这一人物形象血肉丰满的原因 ,她是那个时代的必然产物。因此，我们可以得出一个结论：《名利场》是世界文学史上一颗闪亮的星，因为我们可以从中获取经验和教训，来使我们可以真正的享受爱情和快乐的人生。

关键字：《名利场》、双面人生、性格、社会背景

Contents
Chapter 1Introduction ……………………………….............…...............1
Chapter 2 Rebecca charp’s doublelife …....……...............…….................2
2.1The victim..............................................................................................................2
2.2 The victimizer.......................................................................................................3
2.2.1Money-worship................................................................................................3 2.2.2Contempt of marriage.............................................................................................3
Chapter 3 Factors for the double life ……………..........................…........5
3.1 The Social Factors..................................................................................................5
3.2 The Family Factors.................................................................................................5
3.3 The Author’s individual Factors.............................................................................6
Chapter 4 Conclusion…………………………………..................……..…7
Bibliography……………………………………...........…......................…8
Acknowledgement…………………...………………......................……....9

Chapter 1 Introduction
Vanity Fair is a work which can withstand the test of time.The subtitle of the book, “A Novel Without a Hero,” emphasize the fact that the writer’s intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.
The plot of this novel is that the title of Vanity Fair was taken from Bunyan Pilgrim’s Progress. The scene of the story is England in the first half of the 19th century. The book opens with the two girls from their school in a London suburb, where they have studied for 6 years. One of them was Amelia Sedley , the daughter of a wealthy London family.At the begin of the story,she love George , they marrired and Amile was pregnant before George gone to the battlefield,but after this war, George was died,and in fact,George had love Rcbecca sharp in a party.So at the end of the story, Rebecca Sharp led Amile and William Dobbin toghter.The other was Rebecca Sharp, an orphan.When she was young,everyone have looked down upon him,so she decided to have a better life.At first,she want to marry Jos Sedley who is Amelia's older brother,but she failed.Then she become a tutor at Pitt Crawley’s home.And she fall in love with Roden,hey marrired and Amile was pregnant before George gone to the battlefield,but when he come back to home, Miss Crawleyhad not give them any property,Their life were in distress.At the end of story,Rebecca sharp lose Roden’s love,but gain Jos Sedley’s love,and they gone to India.
On real significance, it’s in Anglo-American literature class that I am familiar with Vanity Fair,the figures and the plots which are deep in my heart and I can draw some life inspirations fromthis novel.William Makepeace Thackeray said：“I want to describe a group of people which are most foolish and selfish,and all the people are desperate for fame and fortune.”Everyone is try their best to gain the life that they are eager to have,but they always be hindered by the money、love and the position. In fact, the purpose of this article is to analyse the reason which make Rebecca sharp has a double life.Some factors can be listed as follows:enviroment factors、family factors and anoter people’s character driven.From this novei,we can draw the conclusion that Vanity Fair is a great work which is connected by Amlie and Rebecca shrp’s life.Amile is a bourgeois lady,Rebecca sharp is a lady who had nothing,but she use all the toll,just as marriage and friendship to gain the money and the position.Athough their diffierent life experience,William Makepeace Thackeray draw a vivid life of the upper class and describe the selfish and foolish people.Their life tell us that authough our life have some difficults,we should try our best to live,but we should use the right way and we should know“A content mind is a continul feast.”Anytime we should have a positive mind of life.
The thesis is a tentative study in this filed, the frame work for this thesis is as follows: Chapter one is the general description of this thesis; Chapter two is about analysis of the double life, it is mainly about discuss the diffierent idea of Rebecca sharp which include the victim and the victimizer; Chapter three is talking about the factors lead to the double life from different views; Chapter four is conclusions. It gives us a general summary of the whole thesis and put forward the limitations and recommendations for the further study.
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Chapter 2 Rebecca sharp’s double life

2.1The victim
There are so many comments on Rebecca Sharp in the history of literature. The most of people deem that she is a lady who has no shame, debauchery, vanity, and has a poor taste. She only has the pursuit of money, position and fame. In order to achieve her aim, she can use on of her interlligences, and use unscrupulous divisive tactics, which brought the great pain on the people around her. But when we compare it with other people’s way of life and from the period which she was to know her, we can see that she is the victim of that period. When she brought great pain to others, she also suffered the pain of that period.
We can see some disadvantages, from Rebecca Sharp. But when we blame her, we also can not cover up our sympathy for her, and of some time, we also can have same feeling about her helpless and distress. She was born in a poor family. At the age of 8, she should help her father to deal with some things, and try her best to ask the debt collectors leave. After her father died, she was sent to the school in a Landon suburb, where she studied for 6 years.
In school, everyone looked down up her, just because of she was a poor girl. When she left this school, she refused the dictionary which is the symbol of the honor.
At first,she had been married Amile’s brother——Joe Sedley. But Genye has interferied with his plan, he deem that Rebecca Sharp had not have enough position to compare with Joe Sedlley, which made her fall to do it.
Then she became a tutor at sir Pitt Crowley’s house. In this house, Rebecca Sharp and Roden was fall in love at first sight, and at the next time, they got married without telling his aunt-Miss Crowley, who is a rich woman and love Rebecca Sharp very much on the surface. But she can’t admit their marriage. In order to live, she become tool of Stcyne Count, and she should earn money to support Roden, but at the end of the story, he abandoned Rebecca Sharp, and gain a position from Steyie Cant. Rebecca Sharp is a story woman who use her enough courage and will to face the difficult life, which is deeply mored the reader. On the one hand, she is a selfish ,vanity and loose lady, and on the other hand, she helps Amile and William Dobbin have a marriage love, athough Dobbin was hate her so much. On the one hand , she tries every possible ways to ingratiate Steyne Count to gain the money, on the other hand ,when her husband frighted with Steyne Annt, she was admire of his brave and strange. On the one hand, she despise her husband ,and put him as a servant, on the other hand, when she lost Roden, she missed Roden so much. On the one hand, she try her best to gain the money, on the other hand, she is still longing for true love.
When she saw William Dobbin has a deeply love with Amile. She thought that if she has a husband who has both true and intelligence, she wouldn’t mind his big feet.
When she saw William Dobbin has a deeply love with Amile. She thought that if she has a husband who has both true and intelligence, she wouldn’t mind his big feet.
Rebecca’s period was full of intrigues, fame, fortune and corruption. Everyone wants to get money, power and status in society. What they have done is generally as same as Rebecca Sharp. She is no more than a little people in “Vanity Fair”. Compared with Rebecca Sharp, Steyne Count is more bader than her, he done many worse and evil things in his whole life, but he still glory after death. As far as she is innocent or guilty. In that society, who has the right and gratifications to judge her? In such a society, who is a innocent man?
2.2The victimizer
2.2.1Money worship
She is a clever and beautiful lady with the complex character. In the eyes of Roden, she is a charm and affective lady;In the eyes of Dobbin, she is a cunning lady; In the eyes of Pitt Crowlry, she is smart and has a great power to organize the home; In the eyes of Miss Ctanley, she is a good partner with considerate and versatile. In the eyes of Steyne Count, she was cheating her husband, and at the same time, she deceive on the people who she knows. Her soul was corroded by fame, fortune and fortune, she is the satire and irony of that period.
At first, when she left the school, she saw Amile’s brother brought two gorgeous cashmeres to Amile. She said:’’ It’s a good thing to have a elder brother.’’ It is reasonable, because she was alone after her father died, she had no relatives and friends, which words are caused Amile’s sympathy. Then she cleverly asked Amile some questions and learn that her brother is not married and he is a tich man. She was determined to try her best to get Joe Sedley’s heart and she can marry with him except Amile’s boyfriend stopped her, Although she knew George don’t want to let she marry with Joe Sedley, but she said nothing and happy to accept his gift.
2.2.2 contempt of marriage
In Pitt Crowley’s house, she played all the means to win the love of his family. She was determined to make friends with all the people around her. She just used six weeks to make Roden fall in love with her and married her in secret. Rebecca Sharp’s aim is try her best to get money to feed her family, but after Miss Crowley died, she only left 200 pounds to Roden ,Sharp accept this really and promised Roden ,she would give him a fortune. She try her best to please George, Joe Sedley and all the powerful people, which the purpose is to gain the money and wreath. She called George as ’’cupid’’ and use her sweet words which made George want to take her go in secret before the war. During the battle of Waterloo, she sole her horse to George with a high price. After the Waterloo war, she has a comfortable life with Roden in Paris, borrowed the name of Miss Crowley. She only use 1500pounds paid on the debt.They were able to Landon and lived in Crowey’s family. She began to please Roden’s brother and his wife, in order to enter the cirde of the upper class, finally, she achieved this goal and had the opportunity to see the king. In a chance, she found that Steyne Count was a powerful and rich man,so she began to try to seduce him. He admire her famine beauty, versatile and sense of humor and he was willing to invite her to his private party, and some of the London grandees were accept her quickly. She become a frequent visitor to the French embassy. Except Roden and Sharp’s party is not perfect. All in all, she was accepted by the upper society. She was lying to Steyne Count to gain 1000 pounds and other gifts, which should send her son to the public school. When Roden found their ambiguous relationship, he abandon Rebecca Sharp and he live a few years of wondering life. From this novel, we found she use the marriage as a tool to achieve pursuit of wreath and position, She constantly planning how to through the marriage to boost her social status. At the began of the story ,she regrets that she don’t has a mother to coange her life, she just candepund on herself, she started love Joe Sedley is only for money, she don’t care about him and tough him in private. For Robon Sharp, marriage is just a shorthand to change her life. Then when she meet Pitt Crawley, she try her best to arrange everything in the house to make Pitt Crowley can’t leaver her, she was very regret when Pitt Crawley asked he