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To compare two novels of different cultures and time periods is a task of considerable difficulty. By undertaking such a comparison, this thesis seeks to reveal the similarities under the differences that exist between two such novels. One similarity that is worth noting is the use of characterization as a means of exposing the negative aspects of society. The main concern of this study is with women as sirens in the novels, and the way in which the female antagonists of Vanity Fair and The Golden Lotus are used to mirror the imperfections of Victorian England and sixteenth-century China. One facet common to the societies of both England and China is the subservient social position of women to men. In such societies, the siren, then, is the woman who breaks from her traditional role of inferiority to become an opposing force to conventional mores. This thesis looks at the characters of Becky Sharp (Vanity Fair) and Golden Lotus (The Golden Lotus) with the view of examining these two sirennic characters in relation to the societies depicted in the two respective novels. Both Becky and Golden Lotus are antagonists who have broken the social limitations of their societies in their attempts to achieve greater ambitions. But these two characters are more than this. By detailing their obsessed desires, whether it be for money or love, the authors of these two novels are, in fact, showing how the societies of these two cultures have supplanted spiritual values with decadent secular aspirations. Ironically, while these sirens reflect the inherent weaknesses of their societies, they are also in turn frustrated in their ambitions by the same social bounds they seek to escape from. This thesis seeks to show how the novels of Victorian England and sixteenth-century China can give us greater insight into two characters not only as literary creations, but also as representatives of their respective societies. It does this by discussing the literary background of Vanity Fair and The Golden Lotus, by examining the societies depicted in these two novels, and by analyzing the characters of Becky and Golden Lotus as being the embodiments of sirennic values.

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