毕业论文（设计）
题目From Shaping the Characters of Becky to Analysis Thackeray`s Criticism on the British Society in Vanity Fair
学院外国语学院
专业英语年级 2012级
学生邓小岚
学号 120310311 指导教师袁德成
从《名利场》中蓓基的人物形象塑造看萨克雷对英国社会的
批判
英语专业
学生:邓小岚指导教师:袁德成
摘要：《名利场》是一部富有讽刺寓意的小说，使萨克雷在英国文学史上占据了不可动摇的地位，人们尊称他为讽刺小说界的大师，人们把他与查尔斯狄更斯齐名。《名利场》通过刻画女主人公蓓基的人物性格特征来表现作者萨克雷对当时英国社会的批判，蓓基爱慕虚荣，八面玲珑，趋炎附势，自私自利，虚伪，为了达到自己的目的而不择手段，并且逃避责任，这些都是当时英国那些上流社会达官贵人的基本特征。女主人公蓓基把自己的美色展露给大家，尤其是达官贵人，对达官贵人使眼色，眉目传情，凭借和达官贵人的不正当关系来提升自己的地位，获得金钱，获得金银珠宝，锦衣玉食。一个普通女人如何获得财富？当然不是靠自己的双手，而是靠男人。蓓基的一生中出现过很多男人，罗登是她丈夫，然而她并不爱自己的丈夫，只是因为她以为罗登是家产继承人而嫁给了他。本文通过研究作者萨克雷对女主人公蓓基的性格描写来揭露和批判当时英国社会中很多跟蓓基一样为了了进入上流社会而不择手段。
关键词：人物形象塑造；英国社会；批判；名利场
ABSTRACT
Vanity Fair is a novel which full of ironic implication, which has made Thackeray`s unshakable position in the history of British literature. People regard him as a master of fiction and he is equally famous as Charles Dickens. Vanity Fair by depicting the heroine Becky`s personality traits to represent Thackeray`s criticism on British society at that time, Becky is vanity, versatility, timeserving, selfishness and hypocrisy. She always avoids responsibility, those are the typical basic features of the English polite social dignitaries. The heroine Becky shows everyone her own beauty, especially to the dignitaries, winking and flirting dignitaries and keeping improper relationship with dignitaries to improve her own positions, get the money, get gold and silver jewelry, and luxurious. How to gain wealth as an ordinary woman? Of course not by their own hands, but by the man. Becky's life appeared a lot of men, Rawdon is her husband, she does not love her husband, however, just because she thought Rawdon is the heir to the fortune and so married him. In this paper, by studying author Thackeray`s character portrayal of the heroine Becky to expose and criticize at that time a lot of woman like Becky in order to enter the upper society by hook or by crook in British society.
Key words: the shaping of image; the British society; critical; Vanity Fair
Contents
Part one. Introduction (3)
1.1A brief introduction of Thackeray (3)
1.2An introduction of Vanity Fair (3)
Part two. The character analysis of Vanity Fair (3)
2.1 Cold (3)
2.2 Hypocritical (3)
2.3 Vanity (3)
2.4 Versatility (3)
2.5 Timeserving (3)
2.6 Selfishness (3)
2.7 Conclusion of Becky`s characteristic (3)
Part Three. The positive character of Becky (3)
3.1 The bold man (3)
3.2 Dare to resist (3)
3.3 Wit and smart (3)
Part Four. The film and comment (3)
4.1 The film of Vanity Fair and the director (3)
4.2 The role of Becky (3)
4.3 The making process of this film (3)
Part Five.The wrong outlook on life (3)
5.1An early to see the reality of the society (3)
5.2The marriage as a "ladder" (3)
Part Six. Conclusion (3)
Bibliography (3)
Acknowledgments (18)
