| Declaration | 第1-5页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| ·Similar Life Experience of George Eliot and Maggie | 第12-13页 |
| ·Literature review | 第13-16页 |
| ·Theoretical framework | 第16-19页 |
| ·Thesis statement | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two Relevant Theory | 第20-26页 |
| ·General introduction to Archetypal criticism | 第20-23页 |
| ·Archetype and other terms | 第23-26页 |
| ·Archetype | 第23-24页 |
| ·Motif | 第24页 |
| ·Displacement | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three The Flood Myth in the Novel | 第26-51页 |
| ·The flood archetype in the Bible | 第26-27页 |
| ·The world is evil | 第27-39页 |
| ·Patriarchal tyranny | 第28-31页 |
| ·Women have no identity of their own | 第31-34页 |
| ·Maggie's desire falls victim to patriarchal power | 第34-37页 |
| ·Going to the Gypsies: a Metaphor of Marginalization | 第37-39页 |
| ·A world out of control | 第39-47页 |
| ·Priest as representative of God | 第39-41页 |
| ·The female aphasia | 第41-43页 |
| ·Women as the associate of the patriarchy | 第43-46页 |
| ·Women are not aware of other women's sufferings | 第43-45页 |
| ·Women believe in the male's salvation | 第45-46页 |
| ·The priest does not trust the parishioners any more | 第46-47页 |
| ·The coming of the flood | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter Four Displacement in the Novel | 第51-55页 |
| ·Maggie is not chosen for a new world | 第51-52页 |
| ·St. Ogg is chosen | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Five George Eliot's Idea about Morality | 第55-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Works Cited | 第60-62页 |
