| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-20页 |
| A. Brief Introduction to George Eliot and Her Achievements | 第8-11页 |
| B. Plot Summary of The Mill on the Floss | 第11-13页 |
| C. Literature Review | 第13-15页 |
| D. Introduction to Feminism | 第15-17页 |
| E. Thesis Structure | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter I. Subordinate Economic Status | 第20-29页 |
| A. Attachment to the Mill | 第21-22页 |
| B. Economic Dependency Upon Her Father and Brother | 第22-23页 |
| C. Deprived Inheritance View on Female | 第23页 |
| D. Insufficient Education | 第23-26页 |
| E. Indecent Working Conditions | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter II. Aphasia at Home | 第29-38页 |
| A. Submission to Her Father and Brother | 第29-31页 |
| B.“An Angel in the House” | 第31-34页 |
| C. A Monstrous Creature in the Eyes of Her Elders | 第34-35页 |
| D. Failure in Rebelling against the Patriarchal System | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter III. Maggie’s Sacrifice of Seeking Happy Marriage | 第38-47页 |
| A. Abnormal relation to Phillip | 第39-42页 |
| B. Sacrifice of Abandoning Stephen | 第42-44页 |
| C. Root Causes of Maggie’s Disillusionment of Love | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter IV. Failure in the Pursuit of Self-hood | 第47-53页 |
| A. Return to a Traditional Woman | 第47-48页 |
| B. Self-oppression | 第48-50页 |
| C. Mental Breakdown | 第50-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| Notes | 第55-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59页 |
