Vanity Fair Lesson Plan

How does the narrator seem to feel about George and Amelia's relationship? How can we, as readers, tell?

The narrator seems as much amused by the relationship between George and Amelia as he is saddened by it. He expresses his pity for poor Amelia, but one can only wonder, when considering his tone and the use of simile, how seriously he approaches the matter.

Perhaps his tone is a critical commentary on Amelia's naivete: "Oh, thou poor panting little soul! The very finest tree in the whole forest, with the straightest stem and the strongest arms, and the thickest foliage, wherein you choose to build and coo, may be marked, for what you know, and may be down with a...