吉尔曼的著名短篇小说《黄色墙纸》讲述的是一位知识女性从精神轻度抑郁恶化为疯女人的过程。本文借助拉康的镜像理论分析女主人公对于夫权的误读以及她对“伪主体”地位的认知,揭露父权的虚幻镜像对女性的戕害,呼吁女性应该敢于打破父权镜像,勇敢地走出父权的牢笼,拥有独立自主的生活。 Gilman’s famous short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” tells the story of a knowledgeable woman who worsens from a mental depression to a mad woman. Based on Lacan ’s mirror theory, this article analyzes the heroine’ s misunderstanding of the husband ’s rights and her cognition of the status of “pseudo - subject” to reveal the harmful effects of the illusionary image of patriarchy on women and calls on women to dare to break the mirror of patriarchy and to brave Out of the cage of patriarchy, have an independent life.