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1、AnAnalysisofNancy'sDualPersonalityinOliverTwistEnglishEducation,ClassOneStudentNumber:20081115020012AnalysisonNancy'sDualPersonalityinOliverTwistAbstract:NancyisarathercomplexfigureDickenshasmadeout.ThoughshewasacriminaltrainedbyFaginandmusthavedonecountlessevils,shewasnotyetmorallydead.Andthebeau
2、tyofherhumannaturewasinspiredbyOliver.Keywords:OliverTwist,Nancy,kindnessⅠ、IntroductionOliverTwist,oneofthemostfamousworksofCharlesDickens’,isanovelreflectingthetragicfactofthelifeinBritainin18thcentury.Theauthorwhohimselfwasborninapoorfamilywrotethisnovelinhistwentieswithaviewtorevealtheuglymasks
3、ofthosecruelcriminalsandtoexposethehorrorandviolencehiddenunderneaththenarrowanddirtystreetsinLondon.CharityandlovearethemesbecauseeventhoughOliveristreatedhorriblybymostpeople,heisshownlovebyafewgoodpeople.ThosepeopleareMr.Brownlow,Mrs.Maylie,andevenNancy.Well,talkingaboutNancy,sheisarathercomple
4、xfigure.ThoughshewasacriminaltrainedbyFaginandmusthavedonecountlessevils,shewasnotyetmorallydead.AndthebeautyofherhumannaturewasinspiredbyOliver.FromherstoppingSilkstobeatOliver,andriskingherlifetosaveOliver,wecouldseeaspirittryingtogetridofevilsandatoning.Thoughshecouldn’tchooseherbackgroundandhe
5、rbornsocialstatue;thoughshecouldn’trefusenottobealongwithFagin,butattheendofherlife,shecouldchoosehowtodienobly.Andshedidmakeherdeathmeaningfulandenjoythepeaceofmindintheparadise.Ⅱ、BackgroundNancywascorruptedatayoungagebyFagin,thereceiverofstolengoodswhopersuadesdowntroddenyouthstodohisbidding.Her
6、exactageisnotmentionedinthebook,althoughshehasevidentlybeenathieffor12years(andbeganwhenshewashalfofOliver'sage),andisvisiblyinherteensormid20sinfilmversionsofthenovel.NancyisoneofthemembersofFagin'sgangthatfew,ifany,knowaboutinLondon—somethingreferredtobySikeswhenheandFagin,concernedthatOlivermig
7、htinformonthem,aretryingtoconvincehertoattendhisimpendingtrialafterheismistakenlyarrestedforpickpocketing("Noonearoundhereknowsanythingaboutyou").Herexcusefornotattendingisthatshedoesnotwishanyonetoknowabouther;n