英文学-名利场英文PPT课件-Vanity-Fair.ppt

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VanityFair,Background,Content,Characters,Literarysignificanceandcriticism,HistoricalContext,ThenovelisbasedonBritishupper-middlesocietyinnineteenthcentury.Britainhasstrong,developedindustryandcommerce,andmerchantswhobecamerichbyexploitingcolonistsdominatethesociety.BritainwasatwarwithFrance,whichisthebattleofWaterloo.Allthepeopleamongtheupper-middlesocietyscrambledforfame,wealthandpower.,Publication,VanityFair:

ANovelwithoutaHeroisanovelbyWilliamMakepeaceThackeray,firstpublishedin184748,satirizingsocietyinearly19th-centuryBritain.ThebookstitlecomesfromJohnBunyansallegoricalstoryThePilgrimsProgress.Vanityfairreferstoastopalongthepilgrimsprogress:

anever-endingfairheldinatowncalledVanity,whichismeanttorepresentmanssinfulattachmenttoworldlythings.,Contentofthenovel,AmeliaSedley,ofgoodfamily,andRebeccaSharp,anorphan,leaveMissPinkertonsacademyonChiswickMalltoliveouttheirlivesinVanityFair.RebeccafirstattemptstoenterthesacreddomainofVanityFairbyinducingJosephSedley,Ameliasbrother,tomarryher.RebeccatakesapositionasgovernessatQueensCrawley,andmarriesRawdonCrawley.Butbecauseofhismarriage,Rawdonsrichauntdisinheritshim.AsafriendofGeorgeOsborne,WilliamDobbinbecomestheinstrumentforgettingGeorgetomarryAmelia.GeorgediesatWaterloo.AmeliawouldhavestarvedbutforWilliamDobbinsanonymouscontributiontoherwelfare.BothRebeccaandAmeliagivebirthtosons.WhenshebecomesthefavoriteofthegreatLordSteyne,sheaccumulatesbothmoneyanddiamonds.Butshehidesmuchofherloot.InthemeantimeinnocentRawdondrawsclosertoLadyJane,wifeofRawdonsolderbrother,Pitt,whohasinheritedfromtherichaunt.WhenRawdondiscoversRebeccainhertreachery,helefther.,BecauseherparentsarestarvingandshecanneitherprovideforthemnorgivelittleGeorgywhatshethinksheneeds,AmeliagivesuphersontohisgrandfatherOsborne.WilliamDobbincomesbackfromtheservice,reconcilesoldOsbornetoAmelia,whereatOsbornemakesawillleavingGeorgyhalfofhisfortuneandprovidingforAmelia.Rebecca,havinglosttherespectabilityofahusband,wandersinEuropeforacoupleofyearsandfinallymeetsJoseph,Georgy,Amelia,andWilliamontheContinent.Rebeccasetsabouttofinishwhatshestartedtodoatthefirstofthebookthatis,toensnareJoseph.Shedoesnotmarryhim,butshetakesallhismoneyandhediesinterrorofher,theimplicationbeingthatshehas,atleast,hastenedhisdeath.AttheendofthebookRebeccahasthemoneynecessarytoliveinVanityFair;sheappearstoberespectable.WilliamhaswonAmelia.LittleRawdon,uponthedeathofhisunclePittandhiscousinPitt,becomestheheirofQueensCrawley.LittleGeorge,throughthekindnessofDobbin,haslosthisdistortedvaluesobtainedinVanityFair.,Analysisofthecharacters,BeckySharpAmeliaSedleyJosSedleyRawdonCrawleySirPittCrawleyMissMatidaCrawleyGeorgeOsborneWilliamDobbin,BeckySharp,ThackerayexplainswhyBeckydoeswhatshedoes:

“Shewasofawild,rovingnature,inheritedfromfatherandmother,whowerebothBohemians（波西米亚人）,bytasteandcircumstance.,Shesacrificeshusband,child,friendstoit;butsheenjoysthebattle.AtleastIshallbeamongstgentlefolksandnotwithvulgarcitypeople.,AftereavesdroppingonWilliamstalkwithAmelia,Beckysaystoherself,“Whatanobleheartthatmanhas,andhowshamefullythatwomanplayswithit.ifIcouldhavehadsuchahusbandasthatamanwithaheartandbrainstoo!

Iwouldnothavemindedhislargefeet.”,AmeliaSedley,Ameliaisconsideredtheheroine:

goodnaturedbutpassiveandnaive.Shehasaround,rosysnub-nosedfaceandbrownhair.MissPinkertondescribesherasindustrious,obedient,sweet,andbeloved.Shehasmasteredtheseaccomplishments:

music,dancing,orthography,embroidery,andneedlework.,Ameliasloyaltyandlong,blinddevotiontoGeorgeamountalmosttostupidity.AnyfaultinGeorgesheinterpretsasafaultinherselfandaccusesherselfofguiltylovetoaccountforhishavingbeenkilled.Sweet,lovable,refreshing,shehasneitherthesparklenorthementalityofBecky.,BeckySharp&AmeliaSedley,AmeliaremainsblindtoDobbinsgoodnessthroughoutmuchofthebookandalthoughhereyeshavebeenopenedtoacertainextentregardingBecky,yetwhenshethinksBeckyneedsafriend,shereturnstocomfortandhelpher.,AmeliasinnocenceandreadybeliefinotherpeoplemakeherunbelievablygoodincontrasttoBeckysunbelievableduplicity.Bothattractyoungmen,butfordifferentreasons.,Ameliadependsonothersforheropinions,andthisiswhyittakesasharpcompanionlikeBeckytosetherstraighttomakeherseerealities.,RawdonCrawley,Thackeraydescribeshimasaheavydragoonwithstrongdesiresandsmallbrains,whohadnevercontrolledapassioninhislife.RawdonsmarriageandhisloveforRebeccaandlittleRawdy,tamehim.andaftershe（Becky）isalone,shewishesshehadRawdonagainShethoughtabouthimwithgreatsadness,andperhapslongingabouthishonest,stupid,constantkindnessandfidelity:

hisnever-ceasingobedience;hisgoodhumour;hisbraveryandcourage.,Contemporarycritics,Evenbeforethelastpartoftheserialwaspublished,criticshailedtheworkasaliterarytreasure.Althoughthecriticsweresuperlativeintheirpraise,theyexpresseddisappointmentattheunremittinglydarkportrayalofhumannature,fearingThackerayhadtakenhisdismalmetaphortoofar.Inresponsetohiscritics,Thackerayexplainedthathesawpeopleforthemostpartabominablyfoolishandselfish.Theunhappyendingwasintendedtoinspirereaderstolookinwardattheirownshortcomings.,Theorists,Thenovelisasatireofsocietyasawhole,characterizedbyhypocrisyandopportunism,butitisnotareformingnovel;thereisnosuggestionthatsocialorpoliticalchanges,orgreaterpietyandmoralreformismcouldimprovethenatureofsociety.Itthuspaintsafairlybleakviewofthehumancondition.ThisbleakportraitiscontinuedwithThackeraysownroleasanomniscientnarrator,oneofthewritersbestknownforusingthetechnique.Hecontinuallyoffersasidesabouthischaractersandcomparesthemtoactorsandpuppets,buthisscorngoesevenasfarashisreaders;accusingallwhomaybeinterestedinsuchVanityFairsasbeingeitherofalazy,orabenevolent,orasarcasticmood.,Thankyou.,