《觉醒》是19世纪末期美国著名的女权主义文学创作先驱凯特·肖邦最富代表性的作品,在小说她成功地塑造了一位勇敢追求自我而得不到实现的女性。在《觉醒》中,她成功地运用了象征手法烘托了小说的主题思想,这些象征分别包括言行象征、场景安排象征、空间结构象征、人物角色象征。 Awakening is the most representative piece by Kate Chopin, a famous American writer of feminist literature in the late 19th century. She succeeded in shaping a woman who can not achieve her courage in pursuit of self. In The Awakening, she succeeded in using the symbolism to contrast the theme of the novel. These symbols include the words and the symbols, the symbols of the arrangement of the scenes, the symbols of the spatial structure and the symbols of the characters.