The Analysis of David Copperfield’s Characters 大卫科波菲尔的性格分析.doc

学士学位论文 论文题目：The Analysis of David Copperfield’s Characters 作 者 姓 名： 学 号： 专 业： 英语专业 指导教师姓名： 专业技术职务: 2008年 6 月 5 日 Contents Abstract i 摘要 ii Introduction 1 I. Brief Introduction to Charles Dickens 2 1.1 Charles Dickens’ Miserable Childhood 2 1.2 Charles Dickens’ Adulthood 3 II．General Characteristics of David Copperfield 3 2.1 Weakness and Immaturity of Child David Copperfield 4 2.1.1 Weakness of David Copperfield 4 2.1.2 Immaturity of David Copperfield 5 2.2 Kindness of David Copperfield 5 2.3 Stability and Maturity of Adult David Copperfield 6 III. Several Main Characters’ impact on David Copperfield 7 3.1 Murdstone and Steerforth 8 3.2 Miss Betsey Trotwood and Peggotty 9 3.3 Dora and Agnes 10 Conclusion 12 Bibliography 13 Acknowledgements 14 Abstract David Copperfield, an autobiographical novel, is well known as the representative work of Charles Dickens, the greatest novelist in the Victorian period. Written in the first person, the novel depicts a broad picture of the society of Dickens’ times with his uncommon life experience. David Copperfield is also Dickens’ own favorite work. In writing, Dickens throws into this novel his thought, deep feelings and much of his own experience in his childhood. Meanwhile, Dickens in some way retrospects and draws a conclusion to his life and expresses his life attitude and moral ideal. Furthermore, his novel also discloses the faulty mask of capitalist society and its strong desire and greed for money. It is safe to say that David Copperfield is one of the most excellent characters created by Dickens. The paper first briefly introduces the author Dickens, and then undertakes a detailed study of the characteristics of David Copperfield through the analysis of the influence of the people on him. The paper intends to make a preliminary explanation of it. The paper bases its outline on the development of David Copperfield, i