贝弗利·法默是澳大利亚著名女作家,《海豹女人》是其重要的长篇小说。法默在这部小说中运用了大量的象征手法来揭示小说的主题。在这部小说中,海豹象征女主人公达格玛自己;蜘蛛象征达格玛生活在男性社会和自己内心矛盾心情的双重阴影下;猫儿不仅象征达格玛自己,还象征达格玛喜欢的男人。法默通过对以上三种动物象征意义的解读,揭示了女主人公达格玛在人生不同阶段的内心冲突和复杂的心路历程。 Beverly Farmer is a famous Australian woman writer, “Seals Woman” is its important novel. Farmer uses a great deal of symbolism in this novel to reveal the theme of the novel. In this novel, the seal symbolizes the heroine Dagmar himself; the spider symbolizes the fact that Dagmar lives under the dual shadow of male society and his inner contradiction; the cat not only symbolizes Dagmar himself but also symbolizes Dagmar’s love the man. Through the interpretation of the symbolic meanings of the above three animals, Farmer reveals the inner conflict and complicated mentality of heroine Dagmar in different stages of life.