莫泊桑《项链》中小职员马蒂尔德,年轻貌美想跻身上流社会而不能,只能在一场舞会中短暂陶醉;芥川龙之介《舞会》中的明子,虽然本身处于上流社会,在一场舞会中大放异彩,却逃不过岁月杀手的威逼。两位作家对女性形象的描写,贯穿了小说首尾,起到了重要作用。本文对这种处在不同背景下却有着相似结局的悲哀女性形象作了比较。 Maupassant “necklace” Matilda small and medium-sized staff, young and beautiful want to become one of the upper class and can not, only in a dance party intoxicated briefly; Akutagawa Ryunosuke “prom” in Akiko, although in itself is in high society, in a Brilliant field dance, but can not escape the killer years of intimidation. The two writers’ descriptions of the female images throughout the novel have played an important role. This article compares the images of sad women who have similar outcomes in different contexts.