Themes of Vanity Fair are________________________.(见课本214页)
A. Social criticism--In a broader sense, Thackeray criticizes the whole English society of the early 19th century, especially the hypocrisy, corruption and greed of the upper society, where money weighs most .
B. Struggle of a woman-In a personal sense, it is about the hard struggle of a woman from low class in 19thcentury for high status by hook or crook.
C. All is vanity and all are vain--As for the roles in Vanity Fair, some are more vain—more obsessed with self and with the ephemeral treasures of social position and money—than others, but none, in the author's estimation, can be called heroic.
D. Criticise the corrupt society because its moral was diseased and alomost all people were money-minded.