【正文】 nts of these four sisters and plicated and changing emotion between mother and daughter. It makes a conclusion: these four sisters annotate the New Woman Ideology and Feminism by strong will, kindheart and independence.Key words: Little Women。梅種種感情體驗和生活經(jīng)歷所帶來的不同命運使她們不斷走向成熟，成為真正的小婦人。闡述女孩們的在成長過程中的共同點以及復(fù)雜多變的母女情節(jié)。 獨立。t I should be so mortified.” ( Louisa May Alcott, 2002:35） Those words can best illustrate her characteristic. As she says, she is fond of luxury, and her chief trouble is poverty. She finds it harder to bear than the others because she can remember a time when home is beautiful, life full of ease and pleasure. She tries not to be envious or discontented, but it is very natural that the young girl should long for pretty things, gay friends, acplishments, and a happy life.Her dream is to be wealthy once more, and have a huge mansion with lots of servants and expensive possessions. She’s also a bit of romantic。t go and fight in the Civil War alongside her father, who has volunteered as a chaplain. Instead, Jo has to stay at home and try to reconcile herself to a nineteenthcentury woman’s place in the domestic sphere, which is extremely difficult for her. Her behavior is often most unladylike – she swears (mildly), burns her dress while warming herself at the fire, spills things on her only gloves, and barely tolerates her cranky old Aunt March. She’s so boyish that Mr. March has referred to her as his “son Jo” in the past, and her best friend Laurie sometimes calls her “my dear fellow”. There are many significant moments in the book in which Jo acted with a strong will like a man. One of the moments happen in chapter three：“But Jo, who didn’t care much for girls or girlish gossip, stood about, with her back carefully against the wall, and felt as much out of place as a colt in a flower garden. Half a dozen jovial lads were talking about skates in another part of the room, and she longed to go and join them, for skating was one of the joys of her life.” (Louisa May Alcott, 2002:40)This speech perfectly delivers the nature of Jo like a boy. Jo is the only one of the four girls who braves and challenges the oppressive and restrictive true womanhood, she alone exhibits the spirit of independence and unconventionality. Dreaming of being a boy, she ridicules and discards wherever possible the etiquette and decorum required of “true girls”. She even brushes away the respectability of a middleclass girl by working as a governess in New York.Though she is not the oldest daughter of the family, Jo puts herself in the position of the man of the house in father’s absence. Jo devotes her literary gifts to helping support her family. Beth’s Acceptance of DeathElizabeth, or Beth, as everyone called her, is the meekest, kind, considerate and shy young woman with a rosy, smoothhair, brighteyes. Beth is very quiet and very virtuous, and she does nothing but try to please others. Beth enjoys charity work, and helps her mother nurture poor families at the beginning of the novel. Later, when her mother is in Washington caring for their father, Beth es down with scarlet fever, caught while looking after a family with sick does anything without plaint. She enjoys her dolls and cats. She prefers to be housework and avoids most public situations. At the beginning of the book, Alcott describes her as a sweet girl with a round young face and brown hair. She has a close relationship with Jo, despite their different personalities. In her final illness, she overes her quietness when she discusses the spiritual significance of her death to Jo. Some critics have suggested that Beth’s death signals Alcott’s denial of the ability of the traditional, sentimental heroine to survive in an increasingly industrial world.Beth is actually the kindest, most able to endure hardship and a shy child. Her nature is good，pure, and treat those shabby little toy as dedicated. The full meaning of her life is willing to contribute her to family, is defended as the “angle in the house” by author, but normalizes her lives before entering the adult threshold of life。Amy, though the youngest, is a most important person, in her own opinion at least. With blue eyes, and yellow hair curling on her shoulders, pale and slender, she always carries herself like a young lady mindful of her manners. Her little airs and graces are much admired, so were her acplishments, for besides her drawing, she can play twelve tunes, crochet, and read French without mispronouncing more than twothirds of the words. Her greatest happiness is painting creative arts. She is also very kind and she regards supporting the poor people as her own faith. She is described by the author as a “regular snowmaiden”. Amy cares about her appearance and position in childhood very much. Jo has accidentally dropped her in the coal scuttle, so that her nose has bee a bit flat. She has been troubled for that matter. Thus, she is dissatisfied with the shape of her nose and she insists that it is Jo’s fault for Jo once dropped her into the coal hod. When Beth is ill with scarlet fever, Amy is sent to stay with Aunt March as a safety precaution. Aunt March grows fond of her, as Amy’s natural grace and docility are more to her taste. Although she enjoys travel, after seeing the works of artists such as Michelangelo and Raphael, Amy gives up her art, because she believes herself to be lacking in talent. Amy encounters sad Laurie and persuades him in her traveling to Europe. He decides to recourage the pursuit of true love. Then Lawrence fells in love with Amy— the fine lady, elegant and exquisite. And they marry in a short time after Beth dies. Not only Amy finds true love but also marries into the upper classes of society. Later, Amy gives birth to daughter Elizabeth. This couple enjoys life, aids to the poor, and bees a model. “Your hand, Miss March!” was the only answer her mute appeal received, and too proud to cry or beseech, Amy set her teeth,