the contrast between the main characters in vanity fair 《名利场》中主要人物的对比.docx

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1、《名利场》中主要人物的对比TheContrastbetweentheMainCharactersinVanityFairAbstract:VanityFairwrittenbyWilliamMakepeaceThackerayisabookprofoundlyexposesthesocialevilsandrealityofthetimesthroughrealismandsatireandthisbookestablishedhisimportantpositioninthehistoryofEnglishlitera

2、ture.ThispapertriestotalksomethingaboutthedifferencebetweenthemaincharactersinVanityFair.InthisnovelWilliamMakepeaceThackeraycomparedandcontrastedthemaincharacterswitheachotherintheirsocialstatuspersonalityandexperience.Thackerayvividlydepictedaseriesofcharacters

3、,buthevigorouslyattackedandjeeredatthem.Anyweaknessofthesecharactersmakesthemnotrealheroes.Thisisalsothestrikingandprominentcharacteristicofthisnovel----ANovelwithoutaHero.Soeverypersoninthisnovelissolidfiguresoffleshandbloodandnotmerelylifelessabstractions.Keywo

4、rds:BeckySharp,AmeliaSedley,GeorgeOsborne,WilliamDobbin,contrastContents1Introduction…..……………………………………………………………………..11.1IntroductionofWilliamMakepeaceThackeray…………………………………..11.2IntroductionofVanityFair………………………………………………………..12SocialBackgroundofThisNovel………………………

5、……………………………23ThecontrastbetweenBeckySharpandAmeliaSedley…………………….………..23.1Familybackground…………………………………………………….………….33.2Personality…………………………………………………………….……….......33.3Experience……………………………………………………………….………..44ThecontrastbetweenGeorgeOsborneandWilliamDobbin……………

6、…………..44.1GeorgeOsborne………………………………………………………………..….44.2WilliamDobbin……………………………………………………………..…….55Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….….….61：Introduction1.1:IntroductionofWilliamMakepeaceThackerayWilliamMakepeaceThackeraywasborninCalcutta,India,wherehisfatherwas

7、inservicetotheEastIndiaCompany.Afterthedeathofhisfatherin1816,hewassenttoEnglandtoattendschool.Uponreachingcollegeage,ThackerayattendedTrinityCollege,Cambridge,butheleftbeforecompletinghisdegree.Instead,hedevotedhistimetotravelingandjournalism.Generallyconsidered

8、themosteffectivesatiristandhumoristofthemid-nineteenthcentury,Thackeraymovedfromhumorousjournalismtosuccessfulfictionwithafacilitythatwaspartiallytheresultofag