REBECCA AS A SOCIAL CRIMINAL IN THACKERAY’S VANITY FAIR

The scheming and calculating anti-heroine, Rebecca Crawley, Sharp with her former name, is one of the female protagonists portrayed by William Makepeace Thackeray in his novel, Vanity Fair (1848). As an amoral woman disadvantageous origins, she has desire to become a respectful influential person. However, on way achieving ambition, love money for higher social status lead commit several crimes such as disregarding son, cheating husband, manipulating people. views about Becky differ. It still disputed if person guilt or innocent sympathetic individual who does what must gain affluence society which not have many choices possibilities desires. If act does, will be able get by, worse, do jobs degrading women under conditions first half nineteenth century during Regency period. This study aims briefly dwell titles subtitles treat comes from humble origins struggles climb ladder resorting any kind misdeed help up, would normally make criminal, yet it because found relatable due time.