Bondage and Feminist Consciousnessin the Patriarchal Society——A Feminist Approach to The Age of Innocence

摘要

This paper is focused on women’s status in the conventional society of masculine superiorityin The Age of Innocence.By studying the two female characters May Welland and Ellen Olenska,the paper analyses the topic of womenas victims in the patriarchal society.And through the further study of the character Ellen Olenska,the paper explores the feminist consciousness in the novel.