A Brief Analysis of the Women Characters in DavidCopperfield Class:10专接本Name: 张玉琢No.052Charles Dickens, the great master of critical realism in nineteenth-century, was recognized as the novelist who had had great influence on world literature after Shakespeare. His works depicted extensively the social life of Victorian era in 19th century, and exposed all the evils of bourgeois in the world that was driven by money. The artistic charm of David Copperfield, which was Dickens masterpiece, was that it had strong smack of everyday real life and lyrical narrative style. The pictures of panoramic.David Copperfield is a novel with some color about Dickens’ real life .But like the A dream of red mansions is not the total life of Cao Xueqin.David Copperfield is also not compeleted the real life portraitured about Charles Dickens’.One of the most differernces between Charles and David is the experience about matrimony.Charles’matrimony is unfortunately,so he pin his dream about love on David’s lif e.There are many females in this novel.All of them can divide into three types:the goddess,the angle and the witch.Each of the type has its representative figure.Ⅰ、The goddessThe representative figure of The goddess are Peggotty,the loyal maidservant and David’aunt Miss Betsey Trotwood.Peggotty is David’s first goddess,she is not beautiful and fat.But she is loyel.She treated David as her own son,and David regards her as his mother or maybe his father.She treats David full of sympathy and cherish.She see through Mr Murdstone’s conspiracy,and give David help and protect when he was in danger.In an other hands,Peggotty was lack of culture so she only tell David in emotional .Let David know there also love in the world althought his mother was died.‘Master David ,my love. But don't forget，I'll take care of your mother. She needs her cross old Peggotty！I'll stay with her，although I hate these Murdstones. And remember，David, I love you as much as I love your mother，and more. And I'll Write to you.’Miss Betsey Trotwood,David’s aunt is another goddess in his life.She mee t David’s mother at the night which David born,but go away never look back.Maybe she is a little eccentric.‘You were talking about the baby．I'm sure it'll be a girl．Now，as soon as she’ s born…’ ‘He，perhaps，’ said my mo ther bravely．‘Don’ t be stupid，of course it’ ll be a she．I'm going to send her to school，and educate her well．I want to prevent her from making the mistakes I've made in life．’‘But she，the baby，how is she？’ cried Miss Betsey.The doctor looked strang ely at Miss Betsey.‘It's a boy，madam，’ he replied．Miss Betsey said nothing，but walked straight out of the house，and never came back.’When David’s mother’s death and his stepfather arranges for him to start work.He tried to find his one surviving relation，his father's aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood，and ask her to help him.Miss Betsey Trotwood take David in and send him to school.She give David many vital suggests in learn ,live and love.Peggotty and Miss Betsey Trotwood ‘s help have a great influence on David’s personality.They were the goddess in David’s life.Ⅱ、The angleThe representative figure of The angle are little Emily and his first wife DoraWhen David first meet little Emily he fall love with her‘Emily was a beautiful，blue-eyed little girl. They all welcomed Peggotty and me warmly．I spent a wonderfully happy two weeks there，playing all day on the beach with Emily，and sleeping in my own little bed on the ship. I am sure I was in love with little Emily in my childish way，and I cried bitterly when we had to say goodbye at the end of the holiday．’Emily looked like an angle but in her mind she yearn for freedom that it is why she abardons her family and go to the Continent with James Steerforth,a prodigal.Fortunatly,she come back and her foster father find her in time.They go to Australia and have made friends there and are happy．The second angle in David’s life was his first wife—Dora.‘Dora！’I thought．‘What a beautiful name！’We went in to the sitting－room，and I suppose Mr Spenlow introduced me．I did not notice，because nothing mattered at that moment．I just stared stupidly at his daughter Dora，lost in wonder at her beauty，and unable to say anything．I had fallen in love in a second．As I stared，I heard a voice speaking to me，but it was not Dora's．It was her companion，whom I had not noticed at all while Mr Spenlow was making the introductions.Nothing could take my attention away from Dora for more than a second or two．As for me，the rest of the weekend passed in a kind of fog．We ate meals，and went for walks．People spoke to me，and I answered．But I have no idea what I actually said．All I re－member was Dora's golden hair，and Dora's blushing face，and Dora's beautiful blue eyes！Occasionally I was lucky enough to speak to her alone，and then I was so shy that I blushed as much as Dora herself．I was very jealous of the little dog that she carried everywhere with her．Sometimes I thought she liked me a little，and at other times I was sure she would never love me．I was wildly，desperately in love！’Dora’s beautiful made Dav id forget himself and the world all around.Dora was beautiful,kind, gentle and sweet.David fell in love with her was understandable.But when David and Dora got married by overcome many obstacles,David realized that Dora didn’t fit daily routine.It is too difficult to her.In the end of the story Dora died, perhaps it is a good result to Dora and David.To Dora she died in her youngage ,she was always beautiful untill she died.To David he found Agnes to live like an ordinary person.David’s mother and Agnes are the unify of The goddess and The angle.David’s mother’s life is a trgedary,Her husband died before David wsa born.And the second husband regard her bad.‘She was ill for a long time，Master David. She got worse after the baby was born，you see. She was sometimes unhappy and forgetful，but she was always the same to me, her old Peggotty. Those two downstairs often spoke crossly to her and made her sad，but she still loved them，you know—she was so sweet and loving！I always sat beside her while she went to sleep. It made her feel better，she said. There was a short silence while Peggotty dried her eyes，then took both my hands in hers.‘On the last night，she asked me for some water, and then gave me such a patient smile！She looked so beautiful！The sun was beginning to rise，and she put her head on my arm，on her stupid cross old Peggotty's arm, and died like an innocent child going to sleep！’Even though destiny made her suffering,she still love the person around her ,and made David believe there’s love i n the world.After Dora ‘s death ,David marrid with Agnes.‘As the light died out of the sky，and I watched the colour of the snow on the mountain tops change，I felt I was waking from my unhappy dream，and I began to understand how much I loved Agnes．She had been the one who had always guided and supported me，and now I realized I needed her love for the rest of my life．Had falling in love with Dora been a mistake？We had both been very young，it is true．I had always called Agnes sister，and now perhaps I no longer had the right to ask whether her love for me was more than sisterly．’David said ‘I love little Emily,don’t love Agnes’ He really don’t love her?I don’t think so.He love Agnes,but this love didn’t like the one he felt with Emily.This love was maturer than before.Agnes was a perfect female in this story .She is wisdom, inexcitable and tough.When David was in trouble she usually gave him right suggestion like his elder sister.Like David said ‘I hope that when my life comes to its end,she will be with me in the shadows，pointing upwards to the light！’She help David in his career,her emcouragment make David succesed at last.Maybe she is David’s lucky goddess and guardian angel.Ⅲ、The witchThe representative figure of The witch is Miss Murdstone,th e elder sister of David’s stepfather.Maybe this type can also incoule Uriah’s mother.The witch was malicious and uglyMiss Murdstone was a tall dark lady，with a stern，frowning face，she looked and sounded very much like her brother．’These perfect women characters were Charles Dickens’ dream.This dream made him feel lost in his real life.It is also made these characters lack of personality.But Charles Dickens was still one of the greatest author of critical realism.。