William Makepeace Thackeray is a great critical realistic writer,whose works are very profound.And his masterpiece,Vanity Fair,has superb artistic accomplishment.Thackeray’s description and satirical criticism of the...William Makepeace Thackeray is a great critical realistic writer,whose works are very profound.And his masterpiece,Vanity Fair,has superb artistic accomplishment.Thackeray’s description and satirical criticism of the life of the bourgeoisie and aristocracy is sharp,penetrating and unique.His Vanity Fair fully embodies his viewpoint that a novel should reflect nature and reality,and transmit the real situation and true feelings.展开更多
This paper is going to probe Thackeray’s critical attitudes towards women’s role as an angel in the house in Victorian time as reflected in his masterpiece Vanity Fair. It can be divided into three parts, introducti...This paper is going to probe Thackeray’s critical attitudes towards women’s role as an angel in the house in Victorian time as reflected in his masterpiece Vanity Fair. It can be divided into three parts, introduction, which gives main information about the novel, then an analysis of the two major women characters in the novel to show that irony of being a family angel without happy ending, and the discussion of Thackeray’s sarcasm toward this phenomenon reflected in the novel. At the end of the paper, a list of biography is presented.展开更多
In Vanity Fair Thackeray clearly demonstrated his view of women through the characterization of the two main female figures.In Thackeray' s opinion,Becky Sharp was a rebellious figure,the Victorian " adventur...In Vanity Fair Thackeray clearly demonstrated his view of women through the characterization of the two main female figures.In Thackeray' s opinion,Becky Sharp was a rebellious figure,the Victorian " adventuress",while Amelia was the traditional submissive Victorian woman," Angel in the House".Via the narrator' s comments,the author expressed his own view of women.On the one hand,he approved of Becky' s rebellion,self-consciousness,courage,self-reliance in times of adversity,and on the other hand disapproved of Amelia' s weakness,passiveness.As victims of the patriarchal society,both of the women were accorded with much sympathy.展开更多
Although Thackeray in his Vanity Fair has bitterly satirized the follies and cruelties of some Victorians among whom Benthamite Utilitarianism was rampant, there are few studies focusing on his criticism on this ideol...Although Thackeray in his Vanity Fair has bitterly satirized the follies and cruelties of some Victorians among whom Benthamite Utilitarianism was rampant, there are few studies focusing on his criticism on this ideology.This paper, through a study of Utilitarian principles and values, and an investigation into and an interpretation of Thackeray's symbolism through the two household articles—Iphigenia clock and the family Bible, exposes Thackeray's criticism on Benthamite Utilitarianism and offers a clue to its effects on Victorians.展开更多
Vanity Fair is a novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, a critical realist in the nineteenth century, who drew the title from Bunyan's Pilgrims progress.In the book, VarHty Fair also refers to a society whi...Vanity Fair is a novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, a critical realist in the nineteenth century, who drew the title from Bunyan's Pilgrims progress.In the book, VarHty Fair also refers to a society which, in the author's view, consists of many People whose nature is to run after money and Social Positioii.展开更多
文摘William Makepeace Thackeray is a great critical realistic writer,whose works are very profound.And his masterpiece,Vanity Fair,has superb artistic accomplishment.Thackeray’s description and satirical criticism of the life of the bourgeoisie and aristocracy is sharp,penetrating and unique.His Vanity Fair fully embodies his viewpoint that a novel should reflect nature and reality,and transmit the real situation and true feelings.
文摘This paper is going to probe Thackeray’s critical attitudes towards women’s role as an angel in the house in Victorian time as reflected in his masterpiece Vanity Fair. It can be divided into three parts, introduction, which gives main information about the novel, then an analysis of the two major women characters in the novel to show that irony of being a family angel without happy ending, and the discussion of Thackeray’s sarcasm toward this phenomenon reflected in the novel. At the end of the paper, a list of biography is presented.
文摘In Vanity Fair Thackeray clearly demonstrated his view of women through the characterization of the two main female figures.In Thackeray' s opinion,Becky Sharp was a rebellious figure,the Victorian " adventuress",while Amelia was the traditional submissive Victorian woman," Angel in the House".Via the narrator' s comments,the author expressed his own view of women.On the one hand,he approved of Becky' s rebellion,self-consciousness,courage,self-reliance in times of adversity,and on the other hand disapproved of Amelia' s weakness,passiveness.As victims of the patriarchal society,both of the women were accorded with much sympathy.
文摘Although Thackeray in his Vanity Fair has bitterly satirized the follies and cruelties of some Victorians among whom Benthamite Utilitarianism was rampant, there are few studies focusing on his criticism on this ideology.This paper, through a study of Utilitarian principles and values, and an investigation into and an interpretation of Thackeray's symbolism through the two household articles—Iphigenia clock and the family Bible, exposes Thackeray's criticism on Benthamite Utilitarianism and offers a clue to its effects on Victorians.
文摘Vanity Fair is a novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, a critical realist in the nineteenth century, who drew the title from Bunyan's Pilgrims progress.In the book, VarHty Fair also refers to a society which, in the author's view, consists of many People whose nature is to run after money and Social Positioii.
