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1、TheImagesofWomenintheVanityFairTheImagesofWomenintheVanityFairIIntroductionVanityFair,writtenbyWilliamMakepeaceThackeray,isapowerfulmoralnovelwhichisalsoregardedasoneofthegreatestcriticalrealisticworksinVictorianAge.Thebookreflectstherelationshipbetweenpeopleinthesociety.Itportra
2、yedtwoheroines:BeckySharpandAmeliaSedley.Aftercompletedtheirstudies,thetwogirlspreparedtodepartforAmelia’shouseinRussellSquare.Becauseoftheirdifferentfamilybackgroundandenvironment,theychoosedifferentlifestyle.Becky,whoisruthlessandbrilliant,defiesherpoverty-strickenbackgroundtor
3、iseinEnglishsociety.DifferentfromBecky,Ameliaisborninarichfamily,butshehastoendurealotofdifficultiesaftergrownup.Thispaperseekstoanswerthefollowingquestions:whatarethecharacteristicsofthetwoheroines,BeckyandAmelia?Whataretheirdifferencesindifferentaspectssuchastheattitudestowards
4、ociety,loveandmarriage,andfriendship?BeckySharpisborninapoorfamily,andsheistherepresentativeofthelowerclass.Shehasmorechancestocomeintocontactwithvariouskindsofpeopleandtheuglysociety.Shemakesuseofallinstrumentsandadvantagesofherandthemanaroundhertoreachhighersocialpositioninorde
5、rtokeepherlegsstillintheVanityFair.OppositewithBecky,Ameliarepresentsthevitalityandvirtueofthemiddleclass,andsheistheshiningsideofthesociety.IIIntroductionoftheTwoHeroinesAmeliaSedley:goodnaturedbutpassiveandnaive.Shehasaround,rosysnub-nosedfaceandbrownhair.Althoughsheisnotoutsta
6、ndinglybeautiful,sheiswelllikedbymostmenbecauseofhersweetpersonality,apopularitywhichisoftenresentedbyotherwomen.ShemarriesGeorgeOsborneagainstthewishesofGeorge'sfather,andisdevotedtohimdespitehisneglectofherandflirtationwithBecky.WhenGeorgediesatthebattleofWaterloo,shebringsupli
7、ttleGeorgealonewhilelivingwithherparents.Sheiscompletelydominatedbyherspendthriftfatherandher7TheImagesofWomenintheVanityFairincreasinglypeevishmother.AfterGeorgeOsborne'sdeath,Ameliaisobsessedwithhersonandwiththememoryofherhusband.SheignoresWilliamDobbin,whocourtsherforyears,and
8、treatshimshabbilyuntileventuallyheleaves