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Characters Discussed. Rebecca (Becky) Sharp. Rebecca (Becky) Sharp, an intelligent, beautiful, self-centered, and grasping woman whose career begins as an orphaned charity pupil at Miss Pinkerton ...
Becky Sharp is a 1935 American Technicolor historical drama film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins who was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. Other supporting cast were William Faversham, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, and Alan Mowbray . The film is based on the 1899 play of ...
Character Analysis. (Avoiding Spoilers) Grew Up… in a squalid artist’s studio in 1800s London. Becky was born to a poor painter and a French opera girl. When both parents pass away, she is taken to Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies, where she spends the next several years scrubbing floors and dreaming of a better life.
All Characters Becky Sharp Amelia George Dobbin Jos Rawdon Mr. Osborne Miss Crawley Georgy Sir Pitt Pitt Crawley Mr. Sedley Mrs. Bute Lord Steyne Rawdy The Narrator General Tufto Miss Horrocks Lady Steyne George Gaunt Lady Jane Sambo
Becky Sharp is one of Victorian literature's most memorable characters. The daughter of a starving artist and a French opera dancer, she is determined to leave poverty behind. To secure her future, she plays whatever role people need—caretaker, confidante, temptress, admirer—to gain their affection. Becky realizes the power of her beauty ...
Character Analysis Rebecca Sharp. Child of a poor artist and a French opera girl, Becky Sharp early learns to shift for herself. Her mother dead, Becky’s father with “a great propensity for running into debt, and a partiality for the tavern” brings her up. From her mother she has a knowledge of French from her father the ability to ward ...
