Mywordsabout《VanityFair》.doc

My words about 《Vanity Fair》 novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. The background of the society in this book is in the early 19th century in England. The novel’s tow chief actress is Amelia Sedley and Rebecca Sharp. They are good friends but they have nothing in common except their beautiful appearances. After reading this story, I have some feelings and impressions about two major women, who have different attitudes toward wealth and fame. Amelia Sedley, a pretty woman, who was born in a good family. Because of good birth and superior family, she is a very gentle, kind but sensitive lady. She believes in love and is willing to sacrifice everything for pure love. But unfortunately, she goes to another extreme. In the novel, she loves a man named George Osborne. But he is not really love Amelia too. Osborne’s father urge him to marry a rich but very ugly woman. In this situation, Osborne marries Amelia because of her beauty. During their marriage, Osborne is not faithful to Amelia Sedley. Osborne uses money Dobbin gives him to buy Amelia a present and even slips a note into Rebecca’s hand and urges her to elope. When she has heard of her husband’s unforgivable behavior, she still believes that George loves her. She is so innocent. Amelia is kind, undoubtedly, but her kindness is not always come with good results. Dobbin, the only good man in the novel, who is loving Amelia deeply and always protect her in any situation. However, She makes Dobbin suffer a lot. She prefers to love the photo of Osborne rather than show any affection to Dobbin. She may live a happier and easier life if she timely gets over the grief and accepts Dobbin. But she can not forget any man she has loved, especially her first love, Osborne. Amelia’s adherence to the love between herself and George has gone too far this time and later been proved meaningless. Many years after George has died in Waterloo, Amelia still believes that he is faithful and refuses Dobbin for many ti