凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德的《序曲》通过运用自由联想、内心独白等手法展示了女主人公琳达作为妻子、女儿双重身份的矛盾的情结:琳达拒绝扮演“妻子”“母亲”父权社会为女性规定的传统角色,试图超越维多利亚时代狭隘的性别话语的束缚,但她在现实面前却又无能为力。她分裂的人格主体通过龙舌兰这个极其重要的意象得到展示。琳达常常将自己的处境与这个意象发生置换,使之成为其生活的象征。琳达分裂的人格主体也通过这个意象得到诠释。 Katherine Mansfield’s “Overture” demonstrates the contradictory complexion of the heroine Linda as wife and daughter’s dual identities through the use of free association and inner soliloquy: Linda refuses to play the role of “wife” and “mother” The traditional role of women in power attempts to go beyond the shackles of narrow gender discourse in the Victorian era, but she is powerless in the face of reality. The divine body of her divisiveness is revealed through the extremely important image of agave. Linda often replaced her own situation with this image to make it a symbol of her life. Linda’s divided personality body is also interpreted by this image.