![]() ![]() He is neither a good lover, nor does he turn a good husband. At school he looked down upon Dobbin because he was the son of trader, and later on he is ready to give up Amelia when asked to do so by his father. George Osborne, too, is equally unheroic. His appearance on the scene is brief and fitful and he remains off the stage for long periods. Neither is he the centre of interest in the story. ![]() Finally, he falls a victim to Becky Sharp and is (most probably) poisoned by her. He is a coward who runs away from the war-torn Brussels, leaving even his own sister alone and unprotected. Jos Sedley, fat, shy, boastful and gormandizing is a figure of fun, and not a hero. There are four male characters- Jos Sedley, George Osborne, William and Rawdon Crawley-none of them has the qualities. Judged from these standards none of the male character in the novel can be called its hero. ![]() ![]() Secondly, he must be the centre of interest in the novel and the rest of the story should be surveyed through his eyes. He must be heroic enough to master his circumstances. He must be brave, a man of valour, fearless, noble, generous and self-sacrificing. First the hero must have certain qualities which are considered heroic. Before discussing whether Thackeray’s masterpiece has a hero or a heroine or not, let us first examine the qualities of the hero of a novel. Thackeray has called Vanity Fair, “a novel without a hero” and other like Elizabeth Drew, have said, “if the novel has no hero, it has two heroines”. ![]()
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