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伊迪丝·华顿被认为是美国文学史上最有影响力的女性作家之一。她的作品以19世纪纽约上流社会为时代大背景，真实地记述了女性所处的困境与悲惨命运。在代表作《纯真年代》中，华顿细腻地刻画了梅与埃伦这两个迥然不同的女性形象，揭示出在当时强大的父权制度的禁锢和束缚之下，女性无论选择屈从或是有意识反抗，都以悲剧命运告终。将二人的衣着外貌、内心世界以及婚姻观这三方面进行比较，能够发现贯穿文本始终的女性意识。
이적사·화돈피인위시미국문학사상최유영향력적녀성작가지일。저적작품이19세기뉴약상류사회위시대대배경，진실지기술료녀성소처적곤경여비참명운。재대표작《순진년대》중，화돈세니지각화료매여애륜저량개형연불동적녀성형상，게시출재당시강대적부권제도적금고화속박지하，녀성무론선택굴종혹시유의식반항，도이비극명운고종。장이인적의착외모、내심세계이급혼인관저삼방면진행비교，능구발현관천문본시종적녀성의식。
Regarded as one of the most influential female writers in American literature history, Edith Wharton presented the plight and miserable fate of women in patriarchal society in many of her works set in the upper class in New York in the 19th century. Through her vivid portrait of two distinct heroines—May and Ellen—in her masterpiece The Age of Innocence, Wharton revealed that women are destined to end with tragedy, whether they choose to submit to or rebel against the patriarchal society. This article makes a comparison from the aspects of appearance, inner world and view of marriage of these two female images to explore Wharton’ s female consciousness that goes through her writing.