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.,Topic: On the Tragicomedy of Rebecca in Vanity Fair,By Sai Na,Brief Introduction,William Makepeace Thackeray,Thackeray is one of the greatest critical realists of the 19th century Europe.,His Life,.,born in India,Indian Company official,5 years,sent to England,Cambridge,cartoon drawing,satirical verses,edited a student paper,1830, without a degree,His Life,success inWriting career,failure in his life,1. tragic marriage,2. neglected by Mother,3. looked down uponby his peers,4. 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 Background,.,British 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 19ththe early 20th,.,A literary movement Against Romanticism and paved the way to Modernism Critical realism The Bourgeois Revolutioncapitalist 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 Rebecca,Intelligence and CapabilityResourcefulnessA Feminism Pioneer,The Negative Personalities of Rebecca,AmbitionsAll her scheming and ShamA mercenary Person,Rebecca as a representive of the society,In 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 Amelia,.,characters,Amelia Sedley,Rebecca Sharp,a bourgeois society,cunning, immoral and quick-witted (随机应变的)shrewd, unscrupulous, sophisticated(世故的 ),simple, sentimental, weak, but good at heart,1.Different Growing Background,Three aspects,2.Different Fate Because of Social Reality,3.Dissimiliar Opinions Towards Love and Marriage,A: Rich ; privileged environment,B:Poor ; discrimination,Tolerate,Struggle,misfortune for the society,vital than everything,the tools going to the upper class,Conclusion,What is happiness?,How to purse happiness?,Why I choose this topic?,The movieThe novel,Thanks for listening,