Making use of theories developed by Julia Kristeva and Stanley Cavell, I will argue that Undset consciously uses these elements in order to show how a woman not simply is, but rather becomes a mother.

• 本文使用朱丽亚?克里斯蒂瓦和斯坦利?卡维尔的理论，分析得出温塞特是有意将这些情节成分放在一起，以表达妇女并不简单是母亲，而是如何真正成为母亲。