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Becky Sharp, fictional character, an amoral adventuress in William Makepeace Thackeray ’s Vanity Fair (1847–48), a novel of the Regency period (roughly the second decade of the 19th century) in England. She has been considered one of the most vivid characters in English literature.
Rebecca " Becky " Sharp, later describing herself as Rebecca, Lady Crawley, is the main protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray 's 1847–48 novel Vanity Fair. She is presented as a cynical social climber who uses her charms to fascinate and seduce upper-class men.
Rebecca “Becky” Sharp begins the story as an orphan who is friends with Amelia. The two of them meet at Miss Pinkerton ’s school, where Amelia follows the rules but Becky always challenges authority. After leaving the school, Becky decides that the only way for her to advance her low social position is to marry a man who’s richer than ...
A novel that chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more different: Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native wit, and her loose morals; and her schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a typically naive Victorian heroine, the pampered daughter of a wealthy family.
Rebecca (Becky) Sharp, an intelligent, beautiful, self-centered, and grasping woman whose career begins as an orphaned charity pupil at Miss Pinkerton’s School for girls and continues through...
Character Analysis. A poor orphan of low birth, Becky Sharp is a born hustler and almost sociopathic striver who manages to raise herself to the upper limits of high society and wealth, only to see her achievements crumble under the weight of her bad deeds. Evil temptress or misunderstood woman ahead of her time? You be the judge.
Dec 21, 2018 · By Troy Patterson. December 21, 2018. Our sympathy with Becky Sharp (Olivia Cooke) would be alien to the author of “Vanity Fair,” who imagined her as a pure opportunist, aiming to hoodwink...
