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1、ADeconstructionistLookatWomen’sEconomicStatusinTheAwakening 【Abstract】IntheessayadeconstructionistperspectiveisusedtolookatEdna’seconomicstatus.Edna’seconomicindependenceisgainedattheabsenceofherhusbandandiswithintheboundaryacceptedbymen.Despitethefacttha
2、tshehasgotincomesandahouseofherown,menstillcanclaimownershipofEdna,leavingtheconventionthatwomenshalldependonmeneconomicallyintact. 【Keywords】TheAwakening;economicindependence;Deconstructionist AdeconstructionistperspectivecanbeusedtolookatEdna’seconomic
3、dependenceandindependence.InapatriarchalcommunityofwhichEdnaisamember,whethershehasanyincometosupportherselforthefamilymatterssurprisinglylittleandherattempttogaineconomicindependenceisinvainthoughsheseems,withoutfurthercontemplation,tohavesucceeded. Forw
4、omen,thestereotypedandnotimagined,tomakethemeaningmoreaccurate,roleforawomanwasawifeand“motherwoman”(P29).Womenofhighsocialstatusaccordinglyshouldanddidstayathome,whenmoneyneeded,turningtotheirhusbands,whotookupalltheresponsibilityforfeedingthefamily,claim
5、ing,therefore,theownershipofwomen.Insuchasocialbackground,itisnotsurprisingthatEdnaisintroducedtothereaderthroughtheeyesofherowner,namelyherhusband.Inamen/womenrelationship,moneygivesMr.Pontelliersuchpowerthatafterthecouplehaveafiercefight,hesimplygivesthe
6、womanhalfofthemoneyhehaswonthenightbeforeandsuccessfullyreconcileswithher.Regardinghiswifeasproperty,he,alone,excludingEdna,claimstheownershipofthehouse.Overthehouse,Ednahasnoright.Butinstead,sheisnotunlikeacanarylivinginthischarminghouse,boththehouseandhe
7、rselfbelongingtotheowner,Mr.Pontellier. Ofsucheconomicdependence,Ednaissoberlyaware.Asapartofherrebellionagainsttheman-dominatedsociety,shetakesadaringstepandmovesoutofherhusband’shouse,acageforher.InaconversationwithMademoiselleaboutherplanformoving,shee
8、xclaims,“It[thehouse]neverseemedlikemine,anyway―likeahome.”Hermeaningismorebluntlyrevealedbyherinterlocutorwhosharplypointsout,“Theyareyourhusband’s.”(P102)Withthehusbandfaraway,shedoesmoveintoahouseandarrang
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