Introduction to the work: "Marriage in Tears" is set during the Republic of China. It tells the story of a young girl, Wang Qiumin, who was forced to marry into the feudal family Jian's family. She was reduced from an innocent girl to a "reproductive tool" and "free labor" for her husband's family. She was tortured by her mother-in-law, the majesty of her father-in-law, and the cowardice of her husband, and experienced countless collapses from "tears on the wedding dress" to "blood on the stove" - whether it was the humiliation on the wedding night, the abuse during the confinement, or the stigmatized "Crossroad Mystery" incident, they were all like heavy shackles that made her breathless. However, the birth of her daughter became an opportunity for her to awaken. She began to sew rag dolls late at night to save money. In the end, she roared "I am myself" in the heavy rain, resolutely split up the family, set up a stall to make a living, and used her calloused hands to sew a way out. Through the reincarnation of three generations of women (mother, aunt, Qiu Min), the novel tears apart the systematic oppression of women by feudal ethics and shows how an insulted and damaged soul can be tempered into steel in suffering, and finally rebuild its dignity in brokenness.
Purpose: The purpose of the article is to criticize the feudal ethics: through the inhumane treatment of the heroine in her husband's family (such as the family motto of "dawn and dusk", the difficulty of "people riding and cooking", the discipline of "throwing water from married daughters"), it exposes the dual oppression of women's bodies and minds by the feudal family system, especially how the ethics of "men are superior to women" and "three obediences and four virtues" alienate women into "family accessories". Female Awakening Narrative: The heroine goes from the forbearance of "biting her lips and whimpering" to the resistance of "holding a spatula and roaring", to the self-reliance of "embroidering hope with needle and thread", showing the growth arc of women from "passive endurance" to "active breakthrough" in desperate situations, emphasizing that "awakening of self-awareness" is the key to breaking the prison of fate. Intergenerational trauma and redemption: The tragedies of her mother and aunt serve as "a lesson learned" for the heroine. However, through actions such as "teaching children to read" and "setting up a stall to sell puppets", the heroine breaks the fate of "women must be swallowed up by suffering", implying that the new generation of women can break free from the shackles and achieve intergenerational redemption through education and economic independence.