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.Topic: On the Tragicomedy of Rebecca in Vanity Fair By Sai NaBrief Introduction William Makepeace ThackerayThackeray is one of the greatest critical realists of the 19th century Europe.His Life born in IndiaIndian Company official .5 yearscartoon drawingsent to Englandsatirical versesedited a student paperCambridge1830, without a degreeHis Lifesuccess inWriting career1. tragic marriage 2. neglected by Mother failure in his life3. looked down uponby his peers4. heart troubles died of heart attack in London on Christmas Eve in 1863 His Literary Works 1) The Book of Snobs 《势利人脸谱》《势利者集》2) Vanity Fair 《名利场》3) The History of Pendennis 《彭登尼斯》4) The Newcomes 《纽克姆一家》_...The BackgroundBritish society 19th A.The upper class B.The black-hearted businessmenC.Some rich kids and officials They were lost themselves in the world of fame and fortune. .Realism 19th——the early 20th ?A literary movement ?Against Romanticism and paved the way to Modernism ?Critical realism ?The Bourgeois Revolution→capitalist system.The Characteristics of Vanity Fair Vanity Fair has a sub-title, A Novel Without a Hero, which intends to portray the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.The Positive Personalities of RebeccaIntelligence and CapabilityResourcefulnessA Feminism PioneerThe Negative Personalities of RebeccaAmbitionsAll her scheming and ShamA mercenary PersonRebecca as a representive of the societyIn the novel, Rebecca is a classic example of this money-grubbing instinct(本能). Everyone wishes to gain something in Vanity Fair and acts almost in the same manner as Rebecca. The Comparison with Ameliasimple, sentimental, weak, but good at heart .Amelia Sedley charactersa bourgeois society Rebecca Sharp cunning, immoral and quick-witted (随机应变的)shrewd, unscrupulous, sophisticated(世故的 )Three aspectsA: Rich ; privileged environment 1.Different Growing BackgroundB:Poor ; discrimination misfortune for the societyTolerate 2.Different Fate Because of Social RealityStrugglevital than everythin