《美狄亚》和《杜十娘怒沉百宝箱》是世界文学中经典的爱情悲剧,其女主人公美狄亚和杜十娘均为爱情抛弃了一切,,最终却都遭到情人的抛弃。在巨大的爱情困境面前,她们分别采取了不同的方式进行报复。本文将主要分析美狄亚和杜十娘作为女性在男权意识下的爱情困境以及她们面对这一困境时选择不同报复方式的原因。 “Medea” and “Du Shiniang” are the classic love tragedies in world literature. Their heroines Medea and Du Shiniang both abandoned everything for love and eventually they were abandoned by their lovers. In the face of huge love plight, they took different ways to retaliate. This article will mainly analyze the reasons why Medea and Du Shining are the women’s love predicament under the patriarchal consciousness and the different retaliation methods they choose to face this dilemma.