美国现实主义小说家西奥多·德莱塞在他的代表作《嘉莉妹妹》中塑造的赫斯特伍德太太是男人眼中的“另类”女性形象,与当时美国社会所认同的传统女性形象相差甚远。作者笔下的赫斯特伍德太太冷静理智,独立坚强,做事果断,与嘉莉一样体现了出了新女性特质,给予了现代社会中处于婚姻迷茫中的女性重要启示。 Mrs. Hurstwood, an American realistic novelist Theodore Dreiser shaped in his masterpiece Sister Carrie, is the image of the “alternative” woman in the eyes of men and the traditional image of the female recognized by the American society A long way to go The author’s self-conscious, independent, firm and resolute work by Mrs. Hurstwood embodies a new female trait like Carrie and gives the important implication of being in a confused marriage in modern society.