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1、英文学-名利场英文PPT课件-Vanity-FairHistorical ContextThe novel is based on British upper-middle society in nineteenth century.Britain has strong,developed industry and commerce,and merchants who became rich by exploiting colonists dominate the society.Britain was at war with France,which is the battle of Wat
2、erloo.All the people among the upper-middle society scrambled for fame,wealth and power.Publication Vanity Fair:A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray,first published in 184748,satirizing society in early 19th-century Britain.The books title comes from John Bunyans allegori
3、cal story The Pilgrims Progress.Vanity fair refers to a stop along the pilgrims progress:a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity,which is meant to represent mans sinful attachment to worldly things.Content of the novelAmelia Sedley,of good family,and Rebecca Sharp,an orphan,leave Miss Pinke
4、rtons academy on Chiswick Mall to live out their lives in Vanity Fair.Rebecca first attempts to enter the sacred domain of Vanity Fair by inducing Joseph Sedley,Amelias brother,to marry her.Rebecca takes a position as governess at Queens Crawley,and marries Rawdon Crawley.But because of his marriage
5、,Rawdons rich aunt disinherits him.As a friend of George Osborne,William Dobbin becomes the instrument for getting George to marry Amelia.George dies at Waterloo.Amelia would have starved but for William Dobbins anonymous contribution to her welfare.Both Rebecca and Amelia give birth to sons.When sh
6、e becomes the favorite of the great Lord Steyne,she accumulates both money and diamonds.But she hides much of her loot.In the meantime innocent Rawdon draws closer to Lady Jane,wife of Rawdons older brother,Pitt,who has inherited from the rich aunt.When Rawdon discovers Rebecca in her treachery,he l
7、eft her.Because her parents are starving and she can neither provide for them nor give little Georgy what she thinks he needs,Amelia gives up her son to his grandfather Osborne.William Dobbin comes back from the service,reconciles old Osborne to Amelia,whereat Osborne makes a will leaving Georgy hal
8、f of his fortune and providing for Amelia.Rebecca,having lost the respectability of a husband,wanders in Europe for a couple of years and finally meets Joseph,Georgy,Amelia,and William on the Continent.Rebecca sets about to finish what she started to do at the first of the book that is,to ensnare Jo
9、seph.She does not marry him,but she takes all his money and he dies in terror of her,the implication being that she has,at least,hastened his death.At the end of the book Rebecca has the money necessary to live in Vanity Fair;she appears to be respectable.William has won Amelia.Little Rawdon,upon th
10、e death of his uncle Pitt and his cousin Pitt,becomes the heir of Queens Crawley.Little George,through the kindness of Dobbin,has lost his distorted values obtained in Vanity Fair.Analysis of the charactersBecky SharpAmelia SedleyJos SedleyRawdon CrawleySir Pitt CrawleyMiss Matida CrawleyGeorge Osbo
11、rneWilliam DobbinBecky SharpThackeray explains why Becky does what she does:“She was of a wild,roving nature,inherited from father and mother,who were both Bohemians（波（波西米亚人）西米亚人）,by taste and circumstance.She sacrifices husband,child,friends to it;but she enjoys the battle.At least I shall be among
12、st gentlefolks and not with vulgar city people.After eavesdropping on Williams talk with Amelia,Becky says to herself,“What a noble heart that man has,and how shamefully that woman plays with it.if I could have had such a husband as that a man with a heart and brains too!I would not have minded his
13、large feet.”Amelia SedleyAmelia is considered the heroine:good natured but passive and naive.She has a round,rosy snub-nosed face and brown hair.Miss Pinkerton describes her as industrious,obedient,sweet,and beloved.She has mastered these accomplishments:music,dancing,orthography,embroidery,and need
14、lework.Amelias loyalty and long,blind devotion to George amount almost to stupidity.Any fault in George she interprets as a fault in herself and accuses herself of guilty love to account for his having been killed.Sweet,lovable,refreshing,she has neither the sparkle nor the mentality of Becky.Becky
15、Sharp&Amelia SedleyAmelia remains blind to Dobbins goodness throughout much of the book and although her eyes have been opened to a certain extent regarding Becky,yet when she thinks Becky needs a friend,she returns to comfort and help her.Amelias innocence and ready belief in other people make her
16、unbelievably good in contrast to Beckys unbelievable duplicity.Both attract young men,but for different reasons.Amelia depends on others for her opinions,and this is why it takes a sharp companion like Becky to set her straight to make her see realities.Rawdon Crawley Thackeray describes him as a he
17、avy dragoon with strong desires and small brains,who had never controlled a passion in his life.Rawdons marriage and his love for Rebecca and little Rawdy,tame him.and after she(Becky)is alone,she wishes she had Rawdon again She thought about him with great sadness,and perhaps longing about his hone
18、st,stupid,constant kindness and fidelity:his never-ceasing obedience;his good humour;his bravery and courage.Contemporary criticsEven before the last part of the serial was published,critics hailed the work as a literary treasure.Although the critics were superlative in their praise,they expressed d
19、isappointment at the unremittingly dark portrayal of human nature,fearing Thackeray had taken his dismal metaphor too far.In response to his critics,Thackeray explained that he saw people for the most part abominably foolish and selfish.The unhappy ending was intended to inspire readers to look inwa
20、rd at their own shortcomings.Theorists The novel is a The novel is a satiresatire of society as a whole,of society as a whole,characterized by hypocrisy and characterized by hypocrisy and opportunismopportunism,but it is,but it is not a reforming novel;not a reforming novel;there is no suggestion th
21、at there is no suggestion that social or political changes,or greater piety and social or political changes,or greater piety and moral moral reformismreformism could improve the nature of society.could improve the nature of society.It thus It thus paints a fairly bleak view of the human condition.pa
22、ints a fairly bleak view of the human condition.This This bleak portrait is continued with Thackerays own role as bleak portrait is continued with Thackerays own role as an an omniscient narratoromniscient narrator,one of the writers best known,one of the writers best known for using the technique.H
23、e continually offers asides for using the technique.He continually offers asides about his characters and compares them to actors and about his characters and compares them to actors and puppets,but his scorn goes even as far as his readers;puppets,but his scorn goes even as far as his readers;accus
24、ing accusing all who may be interested in such Vanity all who may be interested in such Vanity Fairs as being either of a lazy,or a benevolent,or a Fairs as being either of a lazy,or a benevolent,or a sarcastic mood.sarcastic mood.Thank you.此课件下载可自行编辑修改，仅供参考！此课件下载可自行编辑修改，仅供参考！感谢您的支持，我们努力做得更好！谢谢感谢您的支持，我们努力做得更好！谢谢