Amber's life can be described as colorful, tortuous and moving. None of her relatives are willing to marry her, and she has fallen into adversity several times. She has been cheated, poisoned and robbed, but she has always been brave, independent, strong, confident and full of energy. She was calm in the face of plague, fire and robbers, and even in prison, she didn't lose heart and took the initiative to help others. Compared with Amber, the main male characters in the novel, whether charles ii, a noble monarch, or Blue, who is addicted to sailing and adventure, are weak, selfish and cold. In terms of feelings, marriage, family and economy, Amber has the sense of self-independence of modern women, and what she has done is just Hamlet's famous saying, "Woman, your name is weak!" Refute. In love life, she is active and tries her best to win the love of the people she loves, such as Morris and Bolu, which is completely different from the passive attitude of women. However, she is not the traditional weak woman who sacrifices everything for love and is in a saved position. She has a firm stand and principles about her life. She loves Bayrou, but she doesn't want to follow Bayrou to live in the United States and stay in Britain alone to develop her personal space. She loves to show off her bravado, but she insists on her own choice and never compromises on marriage. As for lust, Amber coincides with the trend of modern women's liberation, gets rid of women's subordinate position in sexual relations, and shows an independent side. From the initial choice of Bolu to being deceived and imprisoned, Amber realized the hypocrisy of patriarchal social morality through emotional and material hardships, so she bravely chose the road of professional women and performed her beautiful life on the stage. She sees through the essence of marriage in a patriarchal society and doesn't want to be bound by marriage and family. She got married only for the title and money, but in her attitude towards money and wealth, from poor financial management at the beginning to signing a prenuptial property agreement later, the change of amber fully embodies the spirit of modern women's economic independence.

Amber was originally a pure village girl. In London's materialistic and cheating society, she gradually realized the way to transcend the inherent social norms and realize women's independent status. In this process, she gave her youth and kindness, and was tainted with greed, selfishness, indulgence and unscrupulous means in the patriarchal society. These are not Amber's choices, but her tools against the patriarchal society. From a conversation between Amber and her long-time friend Count A Mu about marriage, we can clearly see the struggle between Amber as a female spokesperson and A Mu as a representative of the patriarchal society: "I see through this kind of person. They put you on a show, and then send you to the countryside to have a baby, so they can stay in London and take your dowry to the actors. Thank you very much, but I won't do such an affair. " A Mu smiled after hearing this. "Are you. I think six years ago, you were still such a silly girl in the country, so well-behaved, even I paid so much attention to you that I would slap you in the face. Who would have thought you would say such a thing! I just thought you were still that naive child on the grassland of Meilv Village. I didn't expect you to become so powerful! " There was a little pity in his voice and expression when he said this. So Amber is unhappy again. I don't know why,' she said angrily. "If there is such a girl, she has gone now. She won't stay in London for long. "

Amber's words profoundly reveal the weak position of women and the essence of marriage in a patriarchal society. She denies this unequal social relationship and has her own unique understanding of women's social role. A Mu's attitude reflects the spiritual slavery of men to women in the patriarchal society. He disagreed with Amber's consciousness of female independence. From the ruling point of view, his requirements for women are chastity, weakness, being bullied and played without resistance. However, as Amber said, the final result of such a woman is being swallowed up by society, just like Amber who was in prison at the beginning. In the process of resisting the patriarchal society and striving for her social status, Amber gradually established her own female consciousness by transcending social norms, that is, the so-called "immoral behavior" of the patriarchal center. But when she became charles ii's lover and entered the center of the male-dominated society, her sense of independence began to dissolve. She was satisfied with the feud and jealousy of the court and spared no expense to consolidate her position. This loss of self-awareness makes it difficult for her to determine her social role, and then she will change her consistent principles, trust others and leave Britain. Therefore, although Amber embodies the awakening and growth of modern women's consciousness, on the other hand, her tortuous experience also reflects the distortion and alienation of women's self-consciousness in a patriarchal society. Many female readers are not satisfied with the ending of the story, but it is a true representation of the growth of women's independent consciousness, and it also shows the difficulties for women to establish themselves in a patriarchal society.