摘要

本文主要分析了《名利场》一书中的两位女主人公-贝姬和艾米丽亚的性格特征和其现实意义。在剖析她们的过程中，结合她们当时所处的时代背景-工业革命下人们金钱至上的价值观和逐渐兴起的女性主义思想。在书中贝姬成长在一个贫困的家庭,在5岁是就已经意识到一些社会规则。而艾米丽亚来自英国的富商家庭，从小被家人和佣人保护的很好。正是不同的成长环境和不同的境遇，让她们长大后有截然不同的性格特征、处事方法和生活追求，当然，俩人的性格特征并不是那么爱憎分明，每个人的性格中都有深刻值得我们欣赏学习的地方，也有需要我们警醒和摒弃的部分。在今天，《名利场》一书对我们仍有很大的借鉴意义，从两位女主人公身上总可以在现实中找到相应的影子。

关键字：名利场；艾米丽亚；贝姬；性格特征；拜金主义

Abstract

This article introduces the two heroines in the book Vanity Fair, Becky and Amelia. In this analysis, the historical background has been taken into consideration, that is, the focus on money-worship and emerging feminism, especially the idea of female independence in the Industrial Revolution. In the book, Becky was raised in a poor family which influenced her world view since she was a little girl. Amelia, who was born to a rich family, was well-protected by her family and servants. That is the very reason that when they grow up, they have very different character traits, ways of doing things, and pursuits of life. Their characters are not clearly to be loved or hated. In these two figures, we can find some merits that we should learn from and fatal weakness that we need to get rid of. Nowadays, from the book Vanity Fair, we still can get some influences for our lives.

Key words: Vanity Fair; Amelia Sedley; Becky Sharp; money-worship values

1. Introduction
This thesis analyses the two heroines-Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp of the book Vanity Fair. The book was written in the age of critical realism. At that time, it was the Industrial Revolution when England had come into an unprecedented flourishing time. “In the entire society, everyone wants to achieve their goal with ignoring others.” (刘艳芹 2012:8) The worship of money was the core value in that England society. The development of feminism was also reflected in this novel, and we can feel the author had a complex opinion toward these two women. Amelia and Becky came from families from different social levels, and they had different characteristics. So this is an exploration of these two heroines and their realistic significances to us.