通过对美国南方的社会传统、女性的生存状况及婚姻观念的阐释,揭示了南北战争后男权社会对女性价值的漠视以及南方传统对女性的束缚,剖析了凯特·肖邦《一个正派的女人》中女主人公巴罗达夫人女性自我意识觉醒的过程,展示了妇女对于内心自由梦想追求的顿悟。 Through the interpretation of the social traditions in the South of the United States, the living conditions of women and the concept of marriage, the disregard of patriarchal values ​​of women in the post-Civil War society and the bondage of women in the South by tradition are revealed. An analysis of Kate Chopin’s “a decent woman” The awakening of women’s self-awareness in Madame Vadodara, the heroine of the heroine, shows the epiphany of women’s pursuit of inner freedom dreams.