The movie:Becky didn't have a maternal bone in her body. Contrast her attitude to her son, versus Amelia's to her son as shown first by Becky's disinterest in Rawdie's development (first steps), and later in her allowing Steyne to push her into sending the boy off to school. She even remains distant and out of contact with her son after her husband knowing her disinterest, ("A cat's a better mother, as Dobbin says"), leaves Rawdie to the care of his elder brother and Lady Jane when Steyne causes him to be exiled to a distant post never to return.
Amelia did not want to send little George away until shamed into it by her mother because of the advantages to Georgie of living with John Osborne. It killed her to give him up, and she continued to subject herself to Osborne's scorn and her son's burgeoning snobbery to stay in contact with the boy.
The one loyalty that Becky does retain is to Amelia. She repels George's advances and in time causes Amelia to see the truth about George, and accept, at last, Dobbin's love.
In my opinion, Becky was incapable of loving anyone but herself, and usually acted in her own best interests.Amelia'a mother noting Becky's attempts to rise above her origins, remarks that she had taken Becky for a social climber, but now realized she was a 'mountaineer'. Becky herself said upon Rawdon's angry discovery of her hidden money, provided to her by Steyne after he had satisfied Moss, the bill collector. "I loved you as much as I could." Rawdon loved Becky whole-heartedly. She knew she was marrying a gambler. She probably didn't count on his being disinherited because of her or had an unrealistic faith in her own resourefulness. When he is summoned to war, Rawdon's main concern was not his possible death, but Becky's welfare in his absence, giving her an accounting of all of their assets.
Steyne is always clear about his intentions toward Becky, but she continues to accept his favors, and balks only when the payment he expects comes due.
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