【正文】 nts 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。s the first time they meet. They e from two different worlds. One stands for virtue, other stands for vice. Before such a prefect person, Nancy feels so burdened with the sense of her own deep shame. It39。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。 and then, bending them on the ground, tossed her head with affected carelessness. She even does not dare to see Rose directly. It39。s a hard matter to get to see you, lady. If I had taken offence, and gone away, as many would have done.[9](p 258) Nancy has been familiar with harsh behavior, she understands nobody looks her as a normal girl, and is willing to talk with her. Just before she meets the girl, so many servants downstairs even are not willing to send message for her. So when she heard Rose39。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。s. She fells regretful for it. She says to Rose. I am the infamous creature you have heard of, that lives among the thieves, and that never from the first moment. I can recollect my tyes and senses opening on London streets have known any better life, or kinder words than they given me 39。39。[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。 he’ll tear the boy to pieces.” “The child shan’t be torn down by the dog, unless you kill me first.”[11](p 99) When Sikes sends his dog to pursuing the boy, the girl cries. In that moment, Nancy fets herself safety. Sikes is such a hottempered housebreaker. It is hard to predict what he will do next minute. When Fagin wants to give a clobber to Oliver, Nancy stands out and stop it. “I won’t stand by and see it done, Fagin,” cried he girl, “You’ve got the boy, and what more would you have? Let him be let him be, or I shall put that mark on some of you, that will bring me to the gallows before my time.” [12](p100) In order to save Oliver, Nancy neglects her own safety. Facing with such vicious people, where does courage e from? It not only es from her sympathy to Oliver, it rather es from her wrath to the criminal life. She can‘t bear the mean and dirty life any more. When she cries, “…… I thieved for you when I was a child not half as old as this!” pointing to Oliver ,“I have been in the same trade ,and in the same service for twelve years since .”[13](p 98) She thinks all of her misfortune is Fagin‘s fault. If he does not cheat her and make her bee a thief, she may die in a young age. When she hears Oliver hurt in the robbery, she says she hopes Oliver has died. Because she believes death is better than living with Fagin in such a despicable way. When Nancy shows great irritation to her life, Fagin says to her, “You’re drunk. ” “Am I ?” cried the girl, bitterly. “It’s no fault of yours, if I am not! You’d never have me anything else, if you had your will…‖[14](p154) In fact, under Fagin‘s control, Nancy always lives a drunk life. She may use wine to palsies herself. If she is clear in mind, she may realize how disreputable life she lives. Nancy’s Love to Oliver The girl is always oppressed to do the things she is unwilling to do. When Fagin and Sikes make a ―notable plan‖, they need a slim boy. Oliver is the very person they need. They send Nancy to take