主要人物关系：
贝姬?夏普（穷姑娘）和艾米利亚?塞德利（富家女）是同窗兼好友
贝姬?夏普与罗顿?考利（考利家族最有可能的继承人结了婚）是夫妻
艾米利亚?塞德利与迷人的军官乔治 是夫妻
乔治参战后死去 艾米丽亚后来嫁给了一直暗恋她的另一位军官
贝姬与斯丹恩勋爵私通 也因此和被丈夫抛弃 但最后和爱米的哥哥在一起了
两人的婚姻都是不受家里人祝福的
主要人物 情节：
主要情节可分两条线索。一条线索描写已故穷画师的女儿贝姬在离开平克顿女子寄宿学校后，暂住在富家小姐爱米丽亚家中，企图勾引爱米丽亚的哥哥以进入上流社会。此事失败后，贝姬去毕脱?克劳雷爵士家当家庭教师，同时施展逢迎、拍马和勾搭等乖巧手段。而当毕脱丧偶后向蓓基求婚时，她却已秘密嫁给了爵士的儿子罗登。
另一条线索写纯洁的姑娘爱米丽亚钟情于轻浮空虚的军官乔治?奥斯本，冲破重重障碍终于和他结婚。但丈夫很快就厌弃她，另寻新欢。爱米丽亚一味痴情，即使在丈夫死后仍不肯改嫁。
结局：
最后，贝姬道出乔治生前曾约自己私奔的事实，爱米丽亚才和都宾结了婚。贝姬后来又与年老丑陋的斯丹恩勋爵私通，因私情为丈夫窥破而遭抛弃。而斯丹恩则误以为罗登夫妇设局诈骗，也与贝姬一刀两段，贝姬就此潦倒。
但是 贝姬本性是纯善的 就像她所说“如果有5000英镑 我也是个好女人”没有5000她也是个好女人 艾米丽亚的哥哥回来后 认识到自己当年的错误 最终和贝姬走到了一起
在她还很小的时候，贝基就失去了自己穷困潦倒的父亲和法国舞蹈演员的母亲。当她还在平克顿学院的时候，她就十分渴望能够得到想像中的那写奢华的生活。但是对于19世纪初英国壁垒森严的等级制度来说，出身贫寒的她要获得这些几乎是不可能的，然后年幼的贝基却下定决心，要用自己的所有聪明才智，坚忍不拔，青春性感和那些不太光明的小手段征服整个英国上流社会。
同贝基从小一起长大的艾米莉娅?塞德利是一个心地善良的富家女，她的父母也是贝基的法定监护人。从小在呵护中长大的她对世事的险恶也浑然不知；和她不同，出身贫寒的贝基却意志坚强，她下定决心要用自己的方式晋升上流社会。
贝基的上升始于汉普郡乡村贵族彼特?克劳利一家家庭女教师的聘书，年轻开朗贝基很快获得孩子们的喜爱也赢得了长辈的信任，彼特对贝基渐生爱慕，但当他决定开口的时候才发现贝基已经和自己的儿子，沾染着纨绔子弟恶习的劳顿混在一起。此时孩子们单身富有的老姑妈玛蒂尔达也喜欢上了明朗快乐的贝基，并且邀请她到伦敦和自己
同住，贝基深知如果不进入城市，进入上流社会根本就是妄想，于是她热切地答应了她的请求。
在伦敦，贝基与自己曾经最好的朋友艾米莉娅再度重逢，完全长大的艾米莉娅发现了从前密友内心膨胀的欲望和两面派的作风，她一面私下与克劳利家族继承人劳顿达成了婚约，一面却有在玛蒂尔达面前隐瞒两们之间的亲密关系。
正在此时，拿破伦开始了对整个欧罗巴大陆的战争，一腔热血的劳顿开赴前线加入战斗，而艾米莉娅新婚的丈夫，乔治?奥斯伯恩奔赴沙场，相近的生活境遇促使身怀六甲的贝基再度开始与艾米莉娅走近。贝基生下一名男婴，劳顿也从战场上归来，尽管如此一家人赢来了团聚，但沉闷安闲的家庭生活是贝基无法忍受的，难以遏制的欲望再一次激荡着贝基的心灵，她决定重新进入返回社交圈，这个充满迷幻的名利场……
《名利场》是英国十九世纪小说家萨克雷的成名作品，也是他生平著作里最经得起时间考验的杰作。故事取材于很热闹的英国十九世纪中上层社会。当时国家强盛，工商业发达，由榨压殖民地或剥削劳 工而发财的富商大贾正主宰著这个社会，英法两国争权的战争也在这 时响起了炮声。中上层社会各式各等人物，都忙著争权夺位，争名求利，所谓“天下攘攘，皆为利往，天下熙熙，皆为利来”，名位、权势、利禄，原是相连相通的。
故事主角是一个机灵乖巧的漂亮姑娘。她尝过贫穷的滋味，一心要掌握自己的命运，摆脱困境。她不择手段，凭谄媚奉承、走小道儿钻后门，飞上高枝。作为陪衬的人物是她同窗女友、一个富商的女儿 。她懦弱温柔，驯顺地随命运播弄。从贫贱进入富裕的道路很不平稳！富家女的运途亦多坎坷，两人此起彼落的遭遇，构成一个引人关怀 又动人情感的故事。穿插的人物形形色色，都神情毕肖。萨克雷富讥 智，善讽刺，《名利场》是逗趣而又启人深思的小说。
《名利场》是英国十九世纪小说家萨克雷的成名作品，也是他生平著作里最经得起时间考验的杰作。故事取材于很热闹的英国十九世纪中上层社会。当时国家强盛，工商业发达，由榨压殖民地或剥削劳工而发财的富商大贾正主宰着这个社会，英法两国争权的战争也在这时响起了炮声。中上层社会各式各等人物，都忙着争权夺位，争名求利，所谓“天下攘攘，皆为利往，天下熙熙，皆为利来”，名利、权势、利禄，原是相连相通的。
故事主角是一个机灵乖巧的漂亮姑娘。她尝过贫穷的滋味，一心要掌握自己的命运，摆脱困境。她不择手段，凭谄媚奉承、走小道儿钻后门，飞上高枝。作为陪衬的人物是她同窗女
友、一个富商的女儿。她懦弱温柔，驯顺地随命运播弄。从贫贱进入富裕的道路很不平稳！富家女的运途亦多坎坷，两人此起彼落的遭遇，构成一个引人关怀又动人情感的故事。穿插的人物形形色色，都神情毕肖。萨克雷富讥智，善讽刺，《名利场》是逗趣而又启人深思的小说。
萨克雷是东印度公司收税员的儿子，受过高等教育，自己却没什么财产。他学法律、学画都不成功，一连串失败的经历，只使他熟悉了中上层社会的各个阶层。《名利场》的背景和人物，都是他所熟悉的。
萨克雷写小说力求客观，不以他本人的喜爱或愿望而对人物、对事实有所遮饰和歪曲。人情的好恶，他面面俱到，不遮掩善良人物的缺点，也不遗漏狡猾、鄙俗人的一节可取。全部故事里没有一个英雄人物，所以《名利场》的副题是《没有英雄的故事》，就是现代所谓“非英雄”的小说。这一点，也是《名利场》的创新
看了你的问题，你是确定要写《名利场》吗？
建议从人物的出身背景对其个人性格特质的影响着手，交代清楚人物之间的关系线索，这一切叙述铺垫完成之后，再以当时的社会背景作为提升之处，你的论文不仅要点名两个人物的特质，更重要的是要放在家庭背景和社会背景的大环境下进行描写，任何人物的活动都无法脱离历史现实。
这样子的文章才有血有肉。
贝吉贪财，但她的才智又说明了什么，她的骄傲又是因为什么？
夏普，玩世不恭，但他的钟情说明了什么？尤其是财产继承发生变动之后人物关系的变化和情感的变化都需要写明。
<名利场>(Vanity Fair)中女主人公利蓓加?夏泼(Rebecca Sharp)性格分析2007-12-01 16:30本文分析了其性格的态度特征:自私冷漠、虚伪虚荣、不择手段同时又自信、有同情心;意志特征:目标明确、坚忍不拔同时又会盲目、改变初衷:情绪特征:情绪稳定、善于调节情绪、乐观同时又会情绪波动、萎靡不振;及理智特征:在感知方面表现为主动观察,在想象方力表现为大胆想象,在思维方面表现为独立思考的独创性.文章还略分析了其成因.我们不应简单地评论利蓓加?夏泼是"好人"还是"坏人",她是一个复杂的艺术形象,所分析的性格特征对认识自我及他人有所帮助,她性格中积极的方面对我们也有所启示.
edit] Becky Sharp
The heroine, or more correctly the anti-heroine, is an intelligent young woman with a gift for satire. She is described as a petite sandy haired girl who has green eyes and a great deal of wit. Fluent in both French and English, Becky has a beautiful singing voice, plays the piano, and shows great talent as an actress. She is also completely amoral and without conscience. She does not seem to have the abi
lity to get attached to other people, and lies easily and intelligently to get her way. She is extremely manipulative and, after the first few chapters and her failure to attract Jos Sedley, is not shown as being particularly sincere.
Never having known financial or social security even as a child, Becky desires it above all things. Nearly everything she does is with the intention of securing a stable position for herself, or herself and her husband after she and Rawdon are married. She advances Rawdon's interests tirelessly, flirting with men such as General Tufto and the Marquess of Steyne in order to get him promoted. She also uses her feminine wiles to distract men at card parties while Rawdon cheats them blind.
Marrying Rawdon Crawley in secret was a mistake, as was running off instead of begging Miss Crawley's forgiveness. She also fails to manipulate Miss Crawley through Rawdon so as to obtain an inheritance. Although Becky manipulates men very easily, she does not even try to cultivate the friendship of most women. Lady Jane, the Dobbin sisters, and Lady Steyne see right through her. Amelia and (initially) Miss Crawley are exceptions to the rule.
[edit] Amelia Sedley
Amelia is Becky's opposite: pale, passive, and emotionally devoted to her husband and son. She marries George Osborne against the wishes of George's father, and when George dies at the battle of Waterloo she brings up little George alone while living with her parents. She is completely dominated by her spendthrift father (who steals and sells the annuity George's friends put together to try to support her) and her mother.
After George Osborne's death, Amelia is obsessed with her son and with the memory of her husband. She ignores William Dobbin, who courts her for years, and treats him shabbily until eventually he leaves. It is only after Becky shows her George's letter to her that Amelia realizes what a good man Dobbin is, although she has already written to him to ask him to come back. She eventually marries Dobbin.
[edit] Rawdon Crawley
Rawdon, the younger of the two Crawley sons, is an empty-headed cavalry officer who is his wealthy aunt's favorite until he marries Becky Sharp, who is of a far lower class. He permanently alienates his aunt, who leaves her estate to Sir Pitt instead. Sir Pitt has by this time inherited their father's estate, leaving Rawdon quite poor.
The well-meaning Rawdon has a few talents in life, most of which have to do with gambling and dueling. He is very good at cards and pool, and although he does not always win he is able to earn cash by betting against less talented gamblers. He is heavily indebted throughout most of the book, not so much for his own expenses as for Becky's. Not particularly talented as a military officer, he is content to let Becky manage his career.
Although Rawdon knows Becky is attractive to men, he believes her reputation is spotless even though she is widely suspected of romantic intrigue with G
eneral Tufto and other powerful men. Nobody dares to suggest otherwise to Rawdon because of his temper and his reputation for dueling. Yet other people, particularly the Marquess of Steyne, find it impossible to believe that Crawley is unaware of Becky's tricks. Steyne in particular believes Rawdon is fully aware Becky is prostituting herself, and believes Rawdon is going along with the charade in the hope of financial gain.
After Rawdon finds out the truth and leaves Becky for an assignment overseas, he leaves his son to be brought up by Sir Pitt and Lady Jane.
[edit] Sir Pitt Crawley, Baronet
Rawdon Crawley's elder brother inherits the Crawley estate from his elderly father, and he also inherits from his wealthy aunt, Miss Crawley. Sir Pitt is very religious and has political aspirations, although not many people appreciate his intelligence or wisdom because there's not much there to appreciate. Somewhat pedantic and conservative, Sir Pitt does nothing to help Rawdon or Becky even when they fall on hard times. This is chiefly because Lady Jane cordially hates Becky.
[edit] Miss Crawley
The elderly Miss Crawley is everyone's favourite wealthy aunt. Sir Pitt and Rawdon both dote on her, although Rawdon is her favourite nephew and sole heir until he marries Becky. While Miss Crawley likes Becky and keeps her around to entertain her with sarcasm and wit, and while she loves scandal and particularly stories of unwise marriage, she does not want scandal or unwise marriage in her family.
A substantial part of the early section of the book deals with the efforts the Crawleys make to kowtow to Miss Crawley in the hope of receiving a big inheritance.
[edit] George Osborne
George Osborne, his father, and his two sisters are close to the Sedley family until Mr. Sedley (the father of Jos and Amelia) goes bankrupt following some ill-advised speculation. Since George and Amelia were raised in close company and were childhood sweethearts, George defies his father in order to marry Amelia. Before father and son can be reconciled, George is killed at the battle of Waterloo, leaving the pregnant Amelia to carry on as well as she can.
Raised to be a selfish, vain, profligate spender, George squanders the last of the money he receives from his father and sets nothing aside to help support Amelia. After marrying Amelia, he finds after a couple of weeks that he is bored. He flirts with Becky quite seriously and is reconciled to Amelia only a short time before he is killed in battle.
[edit] William Dobbin
The best friend of George Osborne, William Dobbin is tall, ungainly, and not particularly handsome. He is a few years older than George but has been friends with him since his school days even though Dobbin's father is a fig-merchant and the Osbornes belong to the genteel class and have become independently wealthy. He defends George and is blind to his faults in many ways although he tries to force George to do the right thing. He pu
shes George to keep his promise to marry Amelia even though Dobbin is in love with Amelia himself. After George is killed, Dobbin puts together an annuity to help support Amelia, ostensibly with the help of George's fellow officers.
Later, Dobbin discreetly does what he can to help support Amelia and also her son George. He allows Amelia to continue with her obsession over George and does not correct her erroneous beliefs about him. He hangs about for years, either pining away over her while serving in India or waiting on her in person, allowing her to take advantage of his good nature. After Amelia finally chooses Becky's friendship over his in Baden-Baden, Dobbin leaves in disgust. He returns when Amelia writes to him and admits her feelings for him, marries her, and has a daughter whom he loves deeply.
[edit] Jos Sedley
Amelia's older brother, Joseph "Jos" Sedley, is a "nabob", who made a respectable fortune as a tax collector in India. Obese and self-important but very shy and insecure, he is attracted to Becky Sharp but circumstances prevent him from proposing. He never marries, but when he meets Becky again he is easily manipulated into falling in love with her. Jos is not a courageous or intelligent man, displaying his cowardice at the Battle of Waterloo by trying to flee and purchasing both of Becky's overpriced horses. Becky ensnares him again near the end of the book.
[edit] Publishing history
Like many novels of the time, Vanity Fair was published as a serial before being sold in book form; it was printed in 20 monthly parts between January 1847 and July 1848. (As was standard practice, the last part was a "double number" containing parts 19 and 20.) The parts resembled pamphlets, and contained the text of several chapters between outer pages of steel-plate engravings and advertising. Woodcut engravings, which could be set along with normal moveable type, appeared within the text. The same engraved illustration appeared on the canary-yellow cover of each monthly part; this colour became Thackeray's signature (as a light blue-green was Dickens'), allowing passers-by to notice a new Thackeray number in a bookstall from a distance. Vanity Fair was the first work that Thackeray published under his own name, and was extremely well-received at the time. The original monthly numbers and later bound version featured Thackeray's own illustrations, which at times provided plot hints or symbolically freighted images (a major character shown as a man-eating mermaid, for instance) to which the text does not explicitly refer. Most modern editions either do not reproduce all the illustrations, or reproduce them so badly that much detail is lost.
Thackeray meant the book to be not only entertaining but also instructive, an intention demonstrated through the book's narration and through Thackeray's private correspondence. The novel is considered a classic of English literature, though some critics claim that it has structural problems
; Thackeray sometimes lost track of the huge scope of his work, mixing up characters' names and minor plot details. The number of allusions and references it contains can make it difficult for modern readers to follow.
为人善良，温柔，但是获得不太真实，也许是因为家庭本来就宽裕，没什么好担忧的，所以以至于在爱情方面盲目的崇拜乔治
但是，她在生活上很坚强，纵使乔治的爸爸当做废屑扔掉的面包屑，她捡起来给自己的爸爸吃，不但如此，她还对奥斯本，也就是乔治的爸爸怀有感激之情
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萨克雷，（WiiliamMake peace Thackeray 1811～1863）
英国小说家。出生于富裕家庭（父亲是东印度公司的税务员兼行政长官），4岁时父死母改嫁，靠遗产生活。曾在剑桥大学学习，后又去德国游学。存放遗产的银行破产后，靠写作谋生。因积劳成疾，52岁便患心脏病逝世。萨克雷是处于发展阶段的英国工业资本主义社会的严峻法官。其作品对英国社会的种种势利风尚、投机冒险和金钱关系进行了极深刻的揭露。他著有多部小说、诗歌、散文、小品，以特写集《势利人脸谱》（1847）和代表作长篇小说《名利场》（1848）最为有名。小说主要描写穷画家女儿蓓基?夏泼，在受尽歧视后，靠色情和机智，不择手段向上爬的故事。通过夏泼的沉浮遭遇，深刻地揭露了社会的腐朽堕落，生动地塑造了以斯丹恩勋爵为首的一系列厚颜无耻、荒淫奸诈的贵族资产阶级形象。为此，马克思曾赞誉他跟狄更斯等是英国的“一批杰出的小说家”。
2、《名利场》 作者萨克雷国籍英国 时代19世纪作品类型外国文学
作品简介：作品着力反映西方资产阶级上层社会人际关系的而虞我诈、争权夺利、趋炎附势等丑恶的现象，揭露那种以金钱为本质的社会。故事情节曲折，人物性格复杂而鲜明，作品读后给人以无尽的反思。
《名利场》是英国十九世纪小说家萨克雷的成名作品，也是他生平著作里最经得起时间考验的杰作。故事取材于很热闹的英国十九世纪中上层社会。当时国家强盛，工商业发达，由榨压殖民地或剥削劳工而发财的富商大贾正主宰着这个社会，英法两国争权的战争也在这时响起了炮声。中上层社会各式各等人物，都忙着争权夺位，争名求利，所谓“天下攘攘，皆为利往，天下熙熙，皆为利来”，名位、权势、利禄，原是相连相通的。
故事主角是一个机灵乖巧的漂亮姑娘。她尝过贫穷的滋味，一心要掌握自己的
命运，摆脱困境。她不择手段，凭谄媚奉承、走小道儿钻后门，飞上高枝。作为陪衬的人物是她同窗女友、一个富商的女儿。她懦弱温柔，驯顺地随命运播弄。从贫贱进入富裕的道路很不平稳！富家女的运途亦多坎坷，两人此起彼落的遭遇，构成一个引人关怀又动人情感的故事。穿插的人物形形色色，都神情毕肖。萨克雷富讥智，善讽刺，《名利场》是逗趣而又启人深思的小说。
萨克雷是东印度公司收税员的儿子，受过高等教育，自己却没什么财产。他学法律、学画都不成功，一连串失败的经历，只使他熟悉了中上层社会的各个阶层。《名利场》的背景和人物，都是他所熟悉的。
他不甘心写小说仅供消遣，刻意寓教诲于娱乐，要求自己的小说“描写真实，宣扬仁爱”。“描写真实”就是无情地揭出名利场中种种丑恶，使个中人自知愧惭；同时又如实写出追求名利未必得逞，费尽心机争夺倾轧，到头来还是落空，即使如愿以偿，也未必幸福，快乐。“宣扬仁爱”是写出某些人物宅心仁厚，乐于助人而忘掉自己，由此摆脱了个人的烦恼，领略到快乐的真谛。
萨克雷写小说力求客观，不以他本人的喜爱或愿望而对人物、对事实有所遮饰和歪曲。人情的好恶，他面面俱到，不遮掩善良人物的缺点，也不遗漏狡猾、鄙俗人的一节可取。全部故事里没有一个英雄人物，所以《名利场》的副题是《没有英雄的故事》，就是现代所谓“非英雄”的小说。这一点，也是《名利场》的创新。
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