"Vanity Fair" by William M.

Summary The materialistic society described in Vanity Fair centers on Becky Sharp, Amelia Sedley, good-natured but naive boarding-school friends, whose destinies are intertwined but different. Clever and ambitious Becky is born into poverty as the daughter of a artist and actrice (commoners of the lowest sort). She planed to marry Amelia's brother Joseph, but fails. She is in charge of her own marriage because she was left an orphan. She ends up marrying Rowdon Crawley, …

…o always be her friend. Which is an example of the incongruity between the projected self and the actual self. There are multiple elements of symobolism throughout the book, but here are some ones that I found most blatant The Green silk purse is a snare that she is laying to trap Jos. Rawdon's uniform or shabby exterior shows the development of his innerself, The faces that Becky puts on are forshadowing what happens next.