| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter 1 The Similarities between Tess and Hester | 第15-24页 |
| ·Tenacity and Independence | 第15-18页 |
| ·Loyalty to True Love | 第18-20页 |
| ·Rebellion against Social Conventions | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Scapegoat | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 2 The Differences Between Tess and Hester | 第24-28页 |
| ·Pessimistic V.S. Optimistic | 第24-25页 |
| ·Hesitative V.S. Decisive | 第25-26页 |
| ·Rejected V.S. Accepted | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 The Comparative Analysis with The Respective Historical Background | 第28-33页 |
| ·Similarities | 第28-31页 |
| ·Unequal between Men and Women | 第28-30页 |
| ·Hypocritical Puritanism | 第30-31页 |
| ·Differences: English Countryside V.S. American Colony | 第31-33页 |
| ·Decaying V.S. Uprising | 第31-32页 |
| ·Conservative V.S. Progressive | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 4 The Comparative Analysis with The Writers’Respective Background | 第33-42页 |
| ·The Evolution of their Views of Life | 第33-40页 |
| ·Their Respective Writing Style | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 5 The Political Function: “Subversion-Containment Dialectic” | 第42-45页 |
| Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| References | 第47-49页 |
