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Rebecca Sharp—generally known as Becky—is the main character in Thackeray's satirical novel, Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, which was published incrementally between 1847 and 1848. Thackeray wished to counter the prevailing belief in society that it was impossible for women to create a fashionable self-image.
Rebecca “Becky” Sharp is the quintessential social climber. Clever, charming, and beautiful, Becky early on realizes that the key to a life of ease and pleasure lies in acquiring more money and achieving higher social status.
At the end of the story, after Becky and Rawdon have separated, she manages to secure her fortune from Jos by winning his favor, taking control of his life and finances, and possibly even poisoning him to secure an inheritance. Becky’s character is defined by her constant striving for more.
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.
Becky is the orphaned daughter of an English artist and a French dancer. She is clever, scheming, manipulative, and charming. Becky’s goal is to acquire social standing and money, and she will use people in any capacity to further that goal.
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.
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