One of the most prevalent themes in Vanity Fair is, as the title suggests, vanity. The characters are primarily worried about their own vanity and social position more than anything else. The characters are willing to do anything, lie, steal, cheat, etc in order to advance their social status, all in the name of vanity. Becky Sharp is probably the most vain of everyone. She is so proud of her good looks and her clever wit, and has quite an ego. She uses her husbands for advancement, not really caring about them personally. Her first husband is just a stepping stone to get her into different social circles. When she marries her second husband, she convinces him to take out a life insurance policy, and he dies very shortly after, from being poisoned. Becky is not above doing whatever it takes to satisfy her own vanity.
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