Interpretation of Becky and Amelia in Vanity Fair 英语专业毕业论文

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1、InterpretationofBeckyandAmeliainVanityFairContentsIntroduction41ThackerayandHisMasterpieceVanityFair51.1Thackeray:TheLegitimateHighPriestofTruth51.2RuthlesslyRaisingtheVeilWhichHidestheRottennessPervadingModernSociety72TheTwoCharacteristicsBetweenBeckyand

2、AmeliaLeadingtoTragediesinVanityFair92.1PersonalCharacteristics92.2SocialCharacteristics162.3TragediesCausedbytheTwoCharacteristics193TheInfluenceof“theConsciousnessofTragedy”inVanityFair213.1TheInfluenceontheSocietyatThatTime213.2TheSocialPhenomenonRevea

3、ledbyVanityFair22Conclusion25Acknowledgements27Bibliography28AbstractWilliamMakepeaceThackerayisoneoftherepresentativesoftheEnglishcriticalrealisticwriters.VanityFairisregardedashismasterpiece.Itfollowsthefortunesoftwocontrastingbutinter-linkedlives,throu

4、ghtwowomencharacters，BeckyandAmelia.ThroughdescribingthedifferentlivesofBeckyandAmeliainhappytimesandsorrowfuldays,thewriterexaminesthepositionandroleofwomeninamoney-orientedandstatus-consciousmalewok,attacksacorruptedandhypocriticalsociety.Throughtheinte

5、rpretationofBeckyandAmeliainVanityFair,ThisthesisisdevotedtoareinterpretofBeckyinVanityFairfromafeministcriticalperspectivetoexploreThackeray’sattitudeaboutBeckyandAmelia，withafocusonthereasonsforandsourcesofThackeray’ssympathywithwomeningeneralandananaly

6、sisoftwofemalecharactersBeckyandAmelia.Hedeeplyshowsthatthelivesofthewomeninhypocriticalsociety.Throughcreatingthetwocharacters,VictoriousrebelliouswomanBeckyandthe“Angelinthehouse”inVanityFair,thewritershowsthedeepsympathyforthewomen.In1949Beauvoirsaidwo

7、manisnotinnate,butrathercultivatedlater.Thissubvertsthephilosophyofmaledomination.TheauthorholdsthatThackeray’ssympathywithwomendisplayinginthecharacterizationofthesetwowomencoincideswithfeministliterarytheories，becausebothofthemexpressadeepconcernaboutth

8、ewomen.Thethesisisdividedintothreeparts.29ThefirstpartofthisthesisistheintroductionaboutWilliamMakepeaceThackerayandVanityFair.ThesecondpartisananalysisofthepersonalitiesandfortunesofBeckyandAmelia，andfromthis.Thack