美国自白派诗人西尔维亚·普拉斯把诗歌和小说当作宣泄自己的感情,或者表达人生态度的途径,因此普拉斯的诗歌或小说就是她人生经历以及其所生活时代的真实写照。她在她的作品中真实地记录了自己的各种情感体验。在普拉斯的笔下,女性以不同的身份出现:女大学生、老处女、家庭主妇、母亲等等。本文试结合普拉斯的成长经历及其文学创作,通过分析其笔下的女性人物形象,来说明生活于20世纪50年代的美国的西尔维亚·普拉斯所面临的角色困境。 American self-serving poet Sylvia Plath uses poetry and novels as a way to express his feelings or express his attitude towards life. Therefore, Plath’s poetry or novel is the true portrayal of her life experiences and the times of his life . She truly recorded her various emotional experiences in her work. In Plath’s writings, women appear in different identities: female college students, old virgins, housewives, mothers and so on. This article tries to illustrate the role predicament faced by Silvia Plass of the United States who lived in the 1950s by analyzing the growing experience and literary creation of Plath.