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1、NoAngelinVanityFairVanityFairistakenfromthetownofVanityinJohnBunyan’sfamousallegoryThePilgrim’sProgress.Inthisnovel,theauthorWilliamMakepeaceThackeraydescribedmenandwomenjustastheywereinreallife---neithertotallygoodnortotallyevil.Inthisbook,theuppermiddleclasslifeisshownasfullofall
2、kindsofvanity,especially“snobbery,duplicityofsocial-climbers”,andthe“weaknessofhumannature”.Justastheauthorsaid,peoplelivewithoutGod,withoutreligion,withoutmoralscruplesofanykind.VanityFairisaworkwithmanycharacters.However,wecaneasilyseethatallstoriesareabouttwoyoungwomen,BeckyShar
3、pandAmelia,whohavenearrelationshipbuttheoppositecharacteristics.BeckySharpbeginshersociallyambitiouscareerduetothefriendshipwithAmelia,whoissoft-heartedandsentimental.BeckytriestomarryJosSedley,Amelia’sbrother,afoolishbutrichman.Frustratedinthis,andreducedtobeingagoverness,shethenb
4、eginsherlovewiththe“meanandavaricious”SirPittCrawhey,butmakesthemistakesofmarryinghissecondson,Rawdon,a“gallantbutignorantanddissoluteman”who,despitehisincapacity,islatermadeGovernoroftheunhealthyCoventryIsland.Hermarriagedoesnotpreventherfrompursuinghersocialambition.Shethenbecome
5、sthemistressofthearistocraticanddegenerateLordSteyne.Herambitionsareeventuallydefeated,butshemanagestoendupasarespectedmemberofthesociety.ManypeoplemaycompareSharpwithJaneEyre:theyareborninsimilarfamilyconditionandhavesimilarchildhoodexperience,andbothofthemknowthenatureofthissocie
6、ty,buttheychoosedifferentwaystoliveandchallengetheinjusticeoftheworld.Thoughherhard-working,cherishingherself-esteem,JanewinstheloveofRochester;however,Sharpisadeptattricksanddeceit,andendsupasacorruptedwoman.RespectableasJaneis,herideallifeisnotthereallifeofmostprivateteachersin19
7、thcentury.DespicableasSharpis,herlifeexperienceistherealreflectionofmostpoorgirlswhowanttoedgethemselvesintothebestsociety.Theauthorjustwantstoshowreaderstherealworld.MeanwhileAmeliaSedleyfirstmarriestheworthlessyoungofficer,GeorgeOsborne,whoiskilledatthebattleofWaterloo.Then,after
8、realizingtherealnatureofhe
