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Analysis of Typical Characters in Vanity Fair

Recently, I have watched several films adapted from the classic novel of the same title. At first, I firmly held that it must be hard for me to watch such kind of movies, some of which were even black-and-white films. However, as I became immersed in them, I gradually found the charm of these seemingly boring movies. Now, I?d like to make a critical literary analysis of Vanity Fair in terms of the typical characters.

Vanity fair is a novel written by English author William Makepeace Thackeray, satirizing society in early 19th-century Britain. Becky Sharp is the very character that gives me a deep impression. It seems that she is the anti-heroine in this novel, but I like her very much. She is described as a short sandy haired girl who has green eyes and a great deal of wit. Fluent in both French and English, Becky had a beautiful singing voice and could play the piano. She was very poor in her childhood, so she wanted to get rid of the poverty and her lower social status. Most of her life was in the pursuit of entering into the upper class or becoming one of them. To get what she wants, she could sacrifice her dignity and everything. So she was the one who was looked down upon by the people at that time. Though hard she was, she got nothing in the end. Her marriage was broke and she was still far away from the upper society. However, I think Becky Sharp is forced by the reality of her period. She said that she would be a good woman if she were to be given five thousand pounds. She was always trying to get what she wants despite of the kind of method. Her behavior , to some degree, was seemed to be evil ,but I think there was still a good soul behind all of these. One of the example was that she gave up leaving and insisted to stay with her friend Amelia when the war broke out. She was even pregnant at that time. But, she ignored her safety and her baby?s safety and came back to accompany anxious Becky. If she is an evil women, she can?t do this for her friend. Becky was armed with the characteristics of strong woman. Though she didn?t get what she once expected, she finally enjoyed an ordinary happy life. She never defeated by the adversity of life.

By the way ,different from Becky Sharp, Amelia is passive and na?ve. And I think she is not so intelligent and independent as Becky. She got married George Osborne against the wish of George ?s father and devoted all his life to George Osborne despite his neglect of her and flirtation with other women. She refused the love of William Dobbin, who accompanied her for years, although her husband died in the battle. But we can?t blame her. It is her love to her George that blinded her eyes. Love is the weakness of women. Fortunately, with the help of Becky, she finally realized her mistake and received Dobbin?s love.

Both Becky and Amelia are the typical kind of character in that society. At that time, wealthy people dominated the society and the war between France and Britain broke out. Upper class people are struggling for the power, fame and wealth. And power, fame and wealth always connected with each other. And, for lower-class people, their life were poor and hard, so they wanted to be rich and to become the member of upper class. Then, they can live a cozy life. Becky is one of them. To enter into the upper class, she can give up almost anything, including her body. But it is not her real intention. If there is another better method, she will not do this. And, actually, she doesn?t betray her husband at all. She is the one deserve sympathy. The suffering of poverty in her childhood made seemingly evil Becky. She just wanted to live a happy and cheerful life at that time. In this way, we can also deserve the prejudice and discrimination against women in that

society. Women were imprisoned by the society. As the society was rigidly stratified, it was hard for people, women in particular , to reach well-being. Then the produce of Becky was natural. Amelia was the typical young lady at that period. Her husband was the most important thing in her life. She was a traditional female character of the patriarchal society. But, at the same time, she was also special as she got married with George against the wish of George?s father. After George died, she brought up his child alone. So we can observe that women became more independent with the development of society.

“Typical character acting in typical setting” is the common characteristic of the classic. The typical character, the same as the classic novel, is product of the author and the time. We can observe the scenery of the time through reading the classic novels. Therefore the classic novels are important historical materials for us to study. Meanwhile, as they are classic novels of human, we can learning from them and take them as the reference to make self-examination or observe the present society.

第二篇：名利场

看来我还是喜欢那种令人满意的结局，虽然算不上皆大欢喜，不过也够令人为主人公欢呼喝彩的了。好人终究有好报，这估计是大多数英国作家所推崇的英国式的结局，不管中间主人公经历过多少风风雨雨，到最后必然是雨过天晴。名著的精神自然希望把人往好的一方面带，是金子终究会发光。

现在想来，这算是我看过的第二部跨越时间较长的小说了，虽然萨克雷没有像罗曼罗兰描写约翰·克里斯多夫那样描写都宾和爱米利亚的一生，但既然这对好人终成眷属，不仅拥有名位和财产，还拥有了子女和真诚的朋友们，接下来的岁月不用说读者也能猜得出来，所以萨克雷还是让他们早点谢幕休息去吧，其他人也别再打扰他们了。

这部著作的情节在我看来并不算很老套，虽然它难逃从贫困到发达，从发达到贫困，从发达到贫困再到发达，从贫困到发达再到贫困这几种老路子，但它描写的内容却是多方面的。蓓基和爱米利亚两个人在这部小说中走的就是不同的路子，甚至可以说她们是名利场上两个截然不同的两方。蓓基为了能在名利场上混个出头之日，实在是使劲了花招。我看着她一步步向着她期望的东西迈进，心里不仅不为她高兴，反而觉得她很可耻，心中的厌恶之情一步步加深，估计大多数读者都是类似的想法。对于并不喜欢钻营，甚至有些傻里傻气的爱米利亚，心中自是另一番情形。她甚至比都宾还要诚实，还要好，以至于我认为如果没有都宾，她也根本不可能有最后幸福的生活。名利场对于她来说，实在是一部难读的巨作。

我不知道萨克雷究竟把谁放在了中心位置，或许是爱米利亚，或许是蓓基，亦或许是都宾。至于美与丑一下子就能区分的很清楚，这出戏告诉我们的也就是美与丑的碰撞，就在现实中，就在名利场上，就在你眼前发生。时代变了又变，但名利场依然是不变的。

既然自己也将要走向社会，我只担心自己碰不到像都宾这么好的朋友，而不担心遇见类似于蓓基这样的善于钻营之人。现实有多么美好，我实在说不清楚，如果要按照十分制的话，我估计能给个5分就不错了。萨克雷的戏从来没有断过，名利场这部戏终究会一直演下去，都宾，爱米利亚，蓓基只是许许多多人中的代表罢了，他们虽然走了，还会有更多的人上来，有你，有我，还有我们的子孙们。

《名利场》作者简介

萨克雷(1811-1863)：十九世纪英国著名小说家，《名利场》是他的代表作

《名利场》内容简介

穷画家的女儿蓓姬·夏普，自幼失去父母，但绝顶聪明。她以半工半读的方式从寄宿学校毕业后，由一名家庭小教师起步，牢牢抓住每一个机会，削尖了脑袋钻进维多利亚时代的上流社会，成为一颗光芒四射的交际明星。这一尤物的发迹历程，在滑铁卢战役波澜壮阔的历史大背景映衬下，展现了堪称世界文学中最成功的一个女冒险家艺术形象。萨克雷的词锋犀利，机智幽默，解剖人生精妙人微。本书问世将近一百六十年来，一直被誉为一面讽世明镜、一部警世宝典。

《名利场》赏析评论

晚上看书看到眼睛迷梦，倦意乍起，于是开个电脑找来一部不知自己何时下载的电影来催眠一下，选中《名利场》的最初想法其实很简单，只是觉得这个名字好熟悉，好象是部名著，因此也想用着不多的时间欣赏下大布头的作品。

《名利场》叙述一个失去了自己穷困潦倒的父亲和法国舞蹈演员母亲的女主人公贝基·夏普，在童年的生活中已经非常向往自己某一天能够拥有那些19世纪初的英国社会的奢华生活，而由于自己低微的出身，在当时的壁垒森严等级制度的英国，这样的想法只能是一种奢望，几乎是不可能的，然而天生丽质的他，以坚韧不拔的精神，充分利用自己的聪明才智，在规则范围内，成功运用一些常规与非常规手段征服了整个英国上流社会，在名利场中沉沦起伏，最终完成她自己的无所谓成功与失败的人生体验。

虽然相比充斥整个戏剧中的名利浮华让人目不暇接，然而在浮华的背后，戏剧中仍然可以找到一种相比名利浮华更加可贵的平实与真情。一直呵护关爱着艾米莉娅的军官（名字忘记了），以至最终与夏普共赴印度，回归自然生活的军官1（不记得名字）所表现出来的真实情感，让读者看到戴着虚伪面具的伪装面孔背后还有如此真挚的情感，超越虚华而朴实的情感。

当主人公的人生定位于空虚奢华的生活的时候，一切的资源都成为其实现如此最终目标的工具，姿色，才智，亲情，友情……而当一切的资源都被其利用透彻之后，回头过来，才知道所谓的名利不过是刹那烟花。名与利，固然可求，但那并不是生活的全部，人如果过分追求名利，名利就会成为心头最大的诱惑，人也因此变得贪婪、虚伪，失去了自我，失去了一颗纯洁的心。而当她在经历这一切之后，一颗永恒炽热的心依然在等候着她，她终于重新体认到了善良、宽容、谦和、淳朴、友爱、和平与宁静，寻找到了身体和心的归宿，让时光从的的身外从自己的心内慢慢地流逝如水，从中领略生命的全部意义。

主人公由平静而闲适的生活选择了闯入奢华虚无的名利场，一翻觥筹交错，灯红酒绿后，他会发觉生活中比名利更重要的还很多很多，于是，当最后平淡的生活向她走来的时候，她又重新回归平实，回归自然，一个人的人生经历构成了一部完成而简练的名利场历险记，主人公收获的是真实的人生体验，而观众领悟到了除了这种体验的全程或许还应该有更加坚定的信念，走平实的人生之路，即使这条路崎岖而充满荆棘，但是这条路的风景更多，更加真实，更加惬意。

《名利场》读后感

一个人，一生，一条路，全都有起点，却不知何处是终点。

于丽蓓卡，她的一生是她自己选择的一条路，一个梦。

那一条路上，每一步都是为了更接近自己的目的地。每一次的出发，都更接近自己的梦。 为了这个梦，她可以抛弃一切，牺牲一切，如爱情，那在她心中也不过是一种牵绊吧。所以她也可以舍弃，只为不被那种温暖所累，只为心中的信念。

她只迎接那些有利于自己的人的心，为一路上的落脚点，每一点，都在那以后与她渐行渐远。而她，更加奔向自己都不知道多远的远处。

她是坚持而隐忍的。

这一路上，她从未停止过，她的寻觅与张望也从未停止。形单影只的她，该是多么的寂寞而隐忍。

一路往上，一路孤独，无可回避的孤独，却比谁都要坚强的朝着目标前进，虽然这条路的终点不知在何处，也许，甚至没有终点。

她又自己的世界，日出而作，日落而息。

这个世界是异常冷漠的，我们的寂寞与张望，别人看不到，只有自己能体味。

一个人，一条路，选择是自己的，旅程也是自己的

《名利场》读后感

不得不承认，这个故事很现实。名利场里的人看不清，名利场外的人同样看不清。所有的人都渴望金钱，地位。一旦你拥有了其中的一样，其他人都会对你另眼相看。

瑞贝卡用一生的爱等到了他心爱的人，他的青春，他的年华献给了那个名利场中的可怜人。艾米利亚的单纯和爱戴给她半生的苦痛。

然而结局是好的。作者不忍心让好人受苦吧，善良的人得到了幸福，在名利场中出入。那些贪婪的，自私的，愚蠢的，骄傲的，不择手段的人得到了应有的报应。把结局看了几遍。有点高兴，有点伤心。这不只只是一部小说，这是一个社会的缩影。不光那时的英国，就是今天。谁又不是为名利二字所累呢？其余的一切都是建立在这个基础上的。当物质生活问题没有解决时，又有谁去追求一种纯洁的莫须有的理想呢？所以，大学生学习的目的成了工作，工作的目的是有一份可以让人另眼看待的生活。当然，这没有错，我们都是命运手中的一颗棋子。算计着自己的身价，算计着该怎么样去抬高自己的身价。无奈啊，人们只会去崇拜，谈论那些光鲜的人物，你不去做，会有人去做的。

名利场，我们要怎样出入于这个地方，怎样面对这个地方？