本文从写作技巧的运用，两部小说所包含的文化因素以及中美两国妇女思想解放的程度三个方面比较了中国作家鲁迅的《伤逝》同美国作家威廉·田纳西的《或许是托尔斯泰的》两部短篇小说的相同与不同之处，文章也就小说中男女主人公的命运发表了看法，认为性格的改变和环境的变化有可能阻止悲剧的发生。 This article compares the “passing away” of Chinese writer Lu Xun with the American writer William Tennessee in three aspects: the use of writing skills, the cultural factors contained in the two novels, and the degree of liberation of women in both China and the United States. The article also expresses the fate of the hero and heroine in the novel. It holds that the change of character and the change of the environment may prevent the tragedy from happening.