在怀特的小说世界中,女人是母性原型的象征。她们和其他母性原型,如大地、花、树、曼陀罗等等都具有抽象的含义:代表简单、本源。无我主义者在母性原型的保护与滋养下可以达到终极安宁与幸福;然而对于自我主义者而言,母性原型精神却有着黑暗、毁灭性的一面。怀特在母性原型身上寄托了他对澳洲的梦想。 In White’s fictional world, women are symbols of maternal archetypes. They have abstract meanings with other maternal archetypes such as earth, flowers, trees, mandalas, etc., which represent simplicity and origin. Mythologists can achieve the ultimate peace and happiness under the protection and nourishment of maternal prototypes. However, for the egoist, the maternal prototype spirit has a dark and destructive side. White pinned his dream of Australia on the maternal prototype.