英美文学论文

A Brief Analysis of the Women Characters in DavidCopperfield Class:10专接本Name: 张玉琢No.052

Charles Dickens, the great master of critical realism in nineteenth-century, was recognized as the novelist who had had great influence on world literature after Shakespeare. His works depicted extensively the social life of Victorian era in 19th century, and exposed all the evils of bourgeois in the world that was driven by money. The artistic charm of David Copperfield, which was Dickens masterpiece, was that it had strong smack of everyday real life and lyrical narrative style. The pictures of panoramic.David Copperfield is a novel with some color about Dickens’ real life .But like the A dream of red mansions is not the total life of Cao Xueqin.David Copperfield is also not compeleted the real life portraitured about Charles Dickens’.One of the most differernces between Charles and David is the experience about matrimony.Charles’matrimony is unfortunately,so he pin his dream about love on David’s lif e.There are many females in this novel.All of them can divide into three types:the goddess,the angle and the witch.Each of the type has its representative figure.

Ⅰ、The goddess

The representative figure of The goddess are Peggotty,the loyal maidservant and David’aunt Miss Betsey Trotwood.

Peggotty is David’s first goddess,she is not beautiful and fat.But she is loyel.She treated David as her own son,and David regards her as his mother or maybe his father.She treats David full of sympathy and cherish.She see through Mr Murdstone’s conspiracy,and give David help and protect when he was in danger.In an other hands,Peggotty was lack of culture so she only tell David in emotional .Let David know there also love in the world althought his mother was died.

‘Master David ,my love. But don't forget，I'll take care of your mother. She needs her cross old Peggotty！I'll stay with her，although I hate these Murdstones. And remember，David, I love you as much as I love your mother，and more. And I'll Write to you.’

Miss Betsey Trotwood,David’s aunt is another goddess in his life.She mee t David’s mother at the night which David born,but go away never look back.Maybe she is a little eccentric.

‘You were talking about the baby．I'm sure it'll be a girl．Now，as soon as she’ s born…’ ‘He，perhaps，’ said my mo ther bravely．‘Don’ t be stupid，of course it’ ll be a she．I'm going to send her to school，and educate her well．I want to prevent her from making the mistakes I've made in life．’

‘But she，the baby，how is she？’ cried Miss Betsey.

The doctor looked strang ely at Miss Betsey.‘It's a boy，madam，’ he replied．

Miss Betsey said nothing，but walked straight out of the house，and never came back.’

When David’s mother’s death and his stepfather arranges for him to start work.He tried to find his one surviving relation，his father's aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood，and ask her to help him.Miss Betsey Trotwood take David in and send him to school.She give David many vital suggests in learn ,live and love.