【正文】 學科分類號 0502 本科學生畢業(yè)論文 題 目 （ 中文） ： 一朵開在冬天的花 — 剖析《霧都孤兒》中南希的雙重性格 （英文）： A Flower Blossoming in Winter — Expounding the Double Character of Nancy in Oliver Twist Contents 摘要 ………………………………………………………………….… .Ⅰ Abstract ………… …………………………………………….… .…… Ⅱ Introduction ……………… … …………………………………… .…… 1 1. Nancy’s Double Character Acts in Oliver Twist………………...… ..4 The Attitude to Oliver in Different Time……………………….… 4 The Attitude to Fagin in Different Time....…………………… .… .6 The Attitude to Sikes in Different Time ……………… .… ...…… ..9 2. The Reason of Nancy’s Double Character……… .……… ..… .........13 Environment‘s Influence to Nancy‘s Double Character..… ..13 Human Nature‘s Influence to Her Double Character… ..……… ....17 3. Nancy’s Incorruptibility of Goodness in Double Character…… ....20 Nancy‘s Resistance to Crime ……… . …………………… ..…… ..20 Nancy‘s Love to Oliver……………… ......................................… ..22 Conclusion………………………………………… … …………… .… ....25 Notes……………………………… ..………………………… ……… .....27 Bibliography……………………………………………………… ..… ....28 Acknowledgements 摘 要 《霧都孤兒》是查爾斯狄更斯第一部重要的反映社會問題的小說。雖為文中的一個次要人物，南希在小說的發(fā)展中卻有不可替代的作用。從賊窩里唯一的猶太女賊到最后為救奧利弗脫離虎口而命喪黃泉，其靈魂得到了升華，其雙重的性格特征也在文中表現(xiàn)得淋漓盡致。本文通過對人物具體描述展示人性的復雜性和那個社會的真實面貌，以及人性和社會環(huán)境對南希雙重性格形成的影響。 關 鍵詞 : 南希；雙重性格；人性；社會環(huán)境 Abstract Charles Dickens was the greatest representative of English critical realist. Oliver Twist marks the very beginning of Dickens literary life. It reflects all kinds of social problems in Victorian period. Despite as a secondary character, Nancy is irreplaceable in the novel‘s development. From being the only female thief in the gang of to the death for escaping Oliver from abyss of misery, her soul gets sublimation and her double character displays thoroughly. By concrete character‘s description, this paper reflects the truth of the society, the plexity of human nature and their influence to Nancy‘s double character. Key words: Nancy。 double character。 human nature。 social environment Introduction Charles Dickens was the greatest representative of English critical realist. Oliver Twist marks the very beginning of Dickens literary life. It directs at the nieenthcentury English Poor Laws with a bitter invective. As an unknown shorthand reporter of twentyone, with a single tale just published in a magazine, he referred casually to ―my proposed novel ‖ in a way that shows it must in conception and materials have resembled this. But since he knew publication was ―hazardous‖, writing was deferred while he concentrated his forces (and used some of its matter) on sketches and short stories for various newspapers and periodicals. ―I have perhaps the best subject I have ever thought of…. I have thrown my whole heart and soul into Oliver.”[1](p2) That its general purpose was clear in his mind is event from his latterwritten preface: “I wished to show in little Oliver, the principle of Good surviving through every adverse circumstance, and triumphing at last,” [2](p3) The panions among whom he was to be tried were the criminals‘ miserable world in London. The book was known to Dickens by close observation and various experience. In Oliver Twist, Dickens portrays all kinds of characters in London, especially those who live in underworld, such as Oliver Twist, Fagin, Bill Sikes, the Artful Doger and Nancy. A major concern of Oliver Twist is the question of whether or not a bad environment can irrevocably poison someone‘s character and soul. As the novel progresses, the character who best illustrates the contradictory issues brought up by that question is Nancy. As a child of streets, Nancy has been a thief and drinks to excess. The narrator‘s reference to her ―free and agreeable…manners‖ indicates that she is a prostitute. She is immersed in the vices condemned by her society, but she also mits perhaps the most notable act in the novel when she sacrifices her own life in order to protect Oliver. Nancy has a double character, with ―soul of goodness in things of evil.‖ Nancy‘s moral plexity is unique among the major characters in Oliver Twist. The novel is full of characters who are all good and can barely prehend evil, such as Oliver, Rose, And Brownlow, and characters who are all evil and barely prehend good, such as Fagin, Sikes, and Monks. Only Nancy prehends and is capable of both good and evil. Her ultimate choice to do good at a great personal cost is a strong argument in favor of the incorruptibility of basic goodness, no matter how many environmental obstacles it may face. She is a good girl, though she grows up in a evil world. There are many researches on Oliver Twist, this poor little boy. This paper is mainly concerned on Nancy. Oliver does not know anything of evil, and he speaks standardized English, though he grows up in a disguised kind society. Comparing with Oliver Twist, Nancy is true. Nancy is different, and she prehends virtue and evil. By concrete description, it reflects the darkness of that society and the plexity of human nature. 1 Nancy’s Double Character Acts in Oliver Twist When Oliver sees Nancy at the first sight, he sees Nancy ―wore a good deal of hair, full of curlpapers in, not very neatly turned up behind。 and were rather untidy about the shoes and stockings.‖ She was not pretty, but stout and hearty. This sample description, suggests that Nancy is a mon type of degradation. Nancy is a young prostitute and one of Fagin‘s former child pickpockets. She is also Bill Sikes‘s lover. Her trust to criminal associates and her sense of moral decency e into conflict