ContentsChinese Abstract......................................................................................................1English Abstract.......................................................................................................21. Introduction.........................................................................................................31.1 Kate Chopin and Her Writings...................................................................................................31.2 The Awakening..........................................................................................................................41.3 Comments on The Awakening...................................................................................................42. Images in The Awakening...................................................................................52.1 The Definition of Image.............................................................................................................52.2 The Function of Image...............................................................................................................52.3 Images in The Awakening..........................................................................................................63. Feminism Consciousness in The Awakening.....................................................73.1 The Definition of Feminism.......................................................................................................73.2 The History of Feminism in America........................................................................................83.3 The Consciousness of Feminism in The Awakening.................................................................94. Images and Heroine's Feminism Awakening....................................................94.1 Bird in Cage: Before Awakening.................................................