1983年,美国女剧作家玛莎·诺曼的独幕剧《晚安,妈妈》获普利策奖。该话剧主要讲述了女儿杰西决定自杀,母亲知道后百般阻止最后失败的故事。此剧情节简单,但母女紧张的对话以及结尾的枪声给读者留下了深刻印象。杰西之死引来众人热议,本文试从空间批评的角度,深度分析杰西自杀的原因和意义。 In 1983, American playwright Martha Norman’s one-act play Goodnight, Mom was Pulitzer Prize. The play focuses on the story of her daughter Jessie decided to commit suicide, after the mother knew everything to stop the final failure. The episode is simple, but the mother and daughter tense dialogue and the gunshots at the end impressed the reader. Jesse’s death drew the people hot, this article try from the perspective of space criticism, in-depth analysis of Jesse’s suicide causes and significance.