弗朗西斯·司各特·菲茨杰拉德 (1896—1940)是美国二十世纪初著名小说家，被誉为爵士时代的代言人。其代表作《了不起的盖茨比》被认为是美国文学的一部经典作品。从表面上看，小说讲述的似乎是一个成年人的爱情悲剧故事，但实际上反映了在20世纪20年代美国社会背景下，职业女性的生活观、爱情观和对现行道德标准的不同态度。读者可以很明显地感受到小说中的女性人物都是依附于男性而存在,从菲茨杰拉德对女性负面的刻画可以看出他对女性的偏见。本文通过弗里丹的女性主义理论和马斯洛需求理论对作品中女性人物如黛西、梅特尔和乔丹的形象进行分析探讨。其有助于读者在阅读过程中避免对于女性角色的偏见，并充分理解她们的受害者角色。 本文由绪论、正文和结论组成。第一章为绪论部分，介绍了菲茨杰拉德和《了不起的盖茨比》第二章总结了学者之前对 《了不起的盖茨比》的批判性评论。第三章通过弗里丹的《女性的奧秘》和马斯洛需求理论进行分析并探寻悲剧发生的深层原因。最后一部分对全文对了总结，指出这些女性角色在尽力摆脱家庭主妇的身份，并追寻自己真正的需求。

Known as the spokesman of the Jazz Age, Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) is one of the most famous American writers in early 20th century. The Great Gatsby, his masterpiece, is considered an American classic. On the surface, the novel introduces a romantic tragedy, but in fact it reflects different views of professional women’s life,love and different attitudes toward ethical standards during the 1920s in American society. It is easy for the readers to feel Fitzgerald’s negative attitude and prejudice toward women by negatively portrayed women images. This paper is going to discuss the injustice on women Fitzgerald creates in this novel by analyzing the female images like Daisy,Jordan and Myrtle.Re-reading from Friedan’s feminist point and Maslow’s hierarchy of need,it is helpful to avoid the prejudice on women images and fully understand their suffer in the male-dominated society. The thesis consists of the introduction, two main chapters and conclusion. Chapter one is the introduction part which introduces Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby. Chapter two a summary of the previous critical reviews on The Great Gatsby. Chapter three is a textual analysis from the perspective of Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique and Maslow’s hierarchy of need and also analyze the deep reasons for their tragedy. The last part draws a holistic conclusion of the whole thesis that the women characters is out of only being housewives and seeking for inner needs.