【正文】 s kind answer, she fells so surprised. It seldom happens in her life. She confesses she is the one who dragged Oliver back to Fagin39。 and Bill was to do that ,and Bill was to do it all, dirt cheap ,as soon as he got well 。 關(guān) 鍵詞 : 南希；雙重性格；人性；社會(huì)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。雖為文中的一個(gè)次要人物，南希在小說(shuō)的發(fā)展中卻有不可替代的作用。 and you’re the wretch that drove me to them long ago 。s a torment for her to present before such a decent lady like Rose Maylie, for it makes her imagine herself disreputable life. She raised her eyes sufficiently to observe that the figure which presented itself was that of a slight and beautiful girl。[10](p 259) It is easy to imagine that how hard times this girl have ever experienced,―…… the alley and the gutter were mine, as they will be my knows the life she lives is criminal and violent. However when she makes her decision to tell the news about Oliver, from that moment, she bees a great person.I am about to put my life ...... In you hand. She realizes revealing the plots to Rose maybe lead her death. However, in order to saving Oliver, a boy she hardly knows, she fets herself, even her life. Compared with Rose, she is more respectable for she may sacrifice herself in helping Oliver, while Rose will not lose anything. Indeed, saving Oliver from such a criminal world is not an easy thing. 3 Nancy’s Incorruptibility of Goodness in Double Character Although Nancy is a secondary role in Oliver Twist, she plays a very important role in Oliver‘s fate. Nancy has been a thief since childhood, she drinks to excess, and she is a prostitute. As a female thief in the gang, she hardly causes Oliver to bee a thief in the gang. Despite her tainting behavior, however, she is incredibly virtuous where the most important matters, those of life and death, are concerned. Her decision to reveal the information to Monks‘ plot may cause her death. Nancy‘s honorable act directly contradicts Victorian stereotype of the poor as fundamentally immoral and ignoble. Her character prehends virtue and evil. In the end, the virtue prevails over the evil. She is a noble person in the novel. Nancy’s Resistance to Crime When Oliver was taken to Fagin‘s den, he tries to escape. Sikes sends his vicious dog on him. “Keep the dog。s decision to meet Brownlow and Rose on London Bridge reveals the symbolic aspect of this bridge in Oliver Twist. Bridges exist to link two places would otherwise be separated by an impassable chasm. The meeting on London Bridge represents the collision of two worlds unlikely ever to e into contactthe idyllic world of Brownlow and Rose, and the atmosphere of degradation in which Nancy lives. On the bridge, Nancy is given the chance to cross over to the better way of life that the others represent, but she rejects that opportunity, and by the time the three have all left the bridge, that possibility has vanished forever. Waiting for Nancy is only an endless miserable world. Nancy’s Human Nature Influence to Her Double Character Nancy, a prostitute, embodies for Dickens all the degradation into which poverty force otherwise good people. Rose, on the other hand, represents all the purity that es from good breeding. Both women embody the feminine passion that pels them to help Oliver. That feminine passion, maternal and sisterly directed toward Oliver, is also what binds Nancy to her vicelover Sikes. The same loyalty to a loved one that would be a virtue in Rose is a selfdestructive force for Nancy .Her love for Sikes and her passion for Oliver together pel her to sacrifice her own life. Though Dickens clearly approves of the second emotion for more than the first, it is likely that they stem from the same impulse in Nancy‘s character. The meeting between Rose and Nancy is one of the most emotionally heightened situation in the novel. It39。 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 portr