TheContrastbetwentheMainCharactersinVanityFair《名利场》中主要人物的对比.docx

PAGE  《名利场》中主要人物的对比 The  HYPERLINK app:ds:contrast \t _self Contrast between the Main Characters in Vanity Fair Abstract: Vanity Fair written by William Makepeace Thackeray is a book profoundly exposes the social evils and reality of the times through realism and satire and this book established his important position in the history of English literature. This paper tries to talk something about the difference between the main characters in Vanity Fair. In this novel William Makepeace Thackeray compared and contrasted the main characters with each other in their social status personality and experience. Thackeray vividly depicted a series of characters, but he vigorously attacked and jeered at them. Any weakness of these characters makes them not real heroes. This is also the striking and prominent characteristic of this novel A Novel without a Hero. So every person in this novel is solid figures of flesh and blood and not merely lifeless abstractions. Key words: Becky Sharp, Amelia Sedley, George Osborne, William Dobbin, contrast Contents 1 Introduction …..…………………………………………………………………….. 1 1.1 Introduction of William Makepeace Thackeray ………………………………….. 1 1.2 Introduction of Vanity Fair ……………………………………………………….. 1 2 Social Background of This Novel …………………………………………………… 2 3 The contrast between Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley …………………….……….. 2 3.1 Family background …………………………………………………….…………. 3 3.2 Personality …………………………………………………………….………3 3.3 Experience ……………………………………………………………….……….. 4 4 The contrast between George Osborne and William Dobbin ………………………. . 4 4.1 George Osborne ………………………………………………………………..…. 4 4.2 William Dobbin ……………………………………………………………..……. 5 5 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………….…. …. 6  PAGE - 8 - 1：Introduction 1.1: Introduction of William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta, India, where his father was in service to the East India Company. After the death of his father in 1816, he was sent to Engl