| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第10-19页 |
| ·Eugene O'Neill and His Long Day's Journey into Night | 第10-12页 |
| ·Tennessee Williams and His the Glass Menagerie | 第12-13页 |
| ·Literature Review and the Objective of this Paper | 第13-19页 |
| Chapter Two THE SIMILAR TRAGIC CHARACTERS | 第19-36页 |
| ·Parallel Arrangement of Characters | 第19-20页 |
| ·Complex Family Characters' Portrayal | 第20-36页 |
| ·Two Mothers:Victimizers and Victims | 第20-28页 |
| ·Two Fathers:Victimizers and Victims | 第28-31页 |
| ·Jamie and Edmund VS Laura and Tom:Victimizers and Victims | 第31-35页 |
| ·Summary:A Group of Similar Tragic Characters | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Three THE DIFFERENT PROSPECTS FOR THE ENDINGS | 第36-42页 |
| ·Explicit Difference in the Text Endings-"Midnight" and "Smile" | 第36-37页 |
| ·Two Implicit Differences in the Plot Development | 第37-40页 |
| ·Mary's "Hopeless Illusion" and Amanda's "Realism" | 第38-39页 |
| ·Doctor Hardy and Jim-"Demon" and "Rescuers" | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary:Characters' Hopelessness and Hope | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four EXPLORATION OF THE CAUSES | 第42-57页 |
| ·The Causes for the Similarity of Tragic Characters | 第42-51页 |
| ·Influence from O'Neill and Williams' Similar Life Experience | 第42-47页 |
| ·Similar Autobiographic Subject about Family Tragedy | 第47-49页 |
| ·O'Neill and Williams' Similar Tragic Creative View-Focus on Human Spiritual World | 第49-51页 |
| ·Causes for the Difference for Drama Endings | 第51-57页 |
| ·O'Neill's Sublime Tragic View | 第51-53页 |
| ·Williams' Poetic Dramatic View | 第53-57页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-60页 |
