Becky Sharp (fictional character)

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anti-heroine fictional character literary character

Becky Sharp is the ambitious, cunning, and socially climbing anti-heroine of William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel "Vanity Fair."

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Label Occurrences
Becky Sharp 4
Becky Sharp (fictional character) canonical 1
Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-heroine ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Vanity Fair ⓘ
appearsInAdaptation 1946 film Vanity Fair ⓘ
1998 TV series Vanity Fair ⓘ
Vanity Fair (2004 film) ⓘ
surface form: 2004 film Vanity Fair

2018 TV series Vanity Fair ⓘ
appearsInSerializedFormOf Vanity Fair ⓘ
surface form: Vanity Fair (serial, 1847–1848)
associatedTheme gender and power ⓘ
hypocrisy of high society ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
basedOnWork Vanity Fair ⓘ
surface form: Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
contrastedWith Amelia Sedley ⓘ
createdInYear 1847 ⓘ
creator William Makepeace Thackeray ⓘ
describedAs ambitious ⓘ
cunning ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
socially climbing ⓘ
education Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Vanity Fair ⓘ
friendOf Amelia Sedley ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasChild Rawdy Crawley ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryArchetype adventuress ⓘ
literaryFunction satirical representation of social climbing ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
moralAlignment morally ambiguous ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableAction marries into the Crawley family to rise in society ⓘ
notableTrait satirizes social ambition ⓘ
uses charm for personal advancement ⓘ
occupation governess ⓘ
social climber ⓘ
parentalBackground orphan ⓘ
portrayedBy Miriam Hopkins ⓘ
Natasha Little ⓘ
Olivia Cooke ⓘ
Reese Witherspoon ⓘ
roleInWork central character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
setIn Regency era ⓘ
surface form: Regency era England
socialClassOrigin lower middle class ⓘ
spouse Rawdon Crawley ⓘ

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Sharp → hasNotableBearer → Becky Sharp (fictional character) ⓘ
Ray Rennahan → notableWork → Becky Sharp (fictional character) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becky Sharp
Ray Rennahan → workedOn → Becky Sharp (fictional character) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becky Sharp
Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial) → mainCharacter → Becky Sharp (fictional character) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becky Sharp
Miriam Hopkins → notableWork → Becky Sharp (fictional character) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becky Sharp
Olivia Cooke → portrayed → Becky Sharp (fictional character) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair