Analysis of the Protagonist's New Female Image from a Psychological Perspective

Under the collision between tradition and modernity, the problem of female image has always been concerned and discussed. Taking Sister Carrie, the first novel by theodore dreiser, a famous American writer in the 20th century, as an example, this paper will analyze the new female image of Carrie from depravity to sublimation from the psychological point of view, based on the three levels of Freud's personality structure and Maslow's needs.