| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第12-20页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to John Updike | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to The Witches of Eastwick | 第14-19页 |
| 1.3 Purpose of This Study | 第19-20页 |
| CHAPTER II METHOD OF THIS STUDY: ARCHETYPAL CRITICISM | 第20-24页 |
| CHAPTER III LITERATURE REVIEW | 第24-28页 |
| 3.1 Studies Abroad | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2 Studies in China | 第25-28页 |
| CHAPTER IV THE CREATIVE POWER OF THE WITCHES | 第28-44页 |
| 4.1 Sources of Creation: Divorcement and Sisterhood | 第28-34页 |
| 4.1.1 Break-out of the Cocoon: Witches as Athena | 第28-32页 |
| 4.1.2 Sisterhood: The Mysterious Three | 第32-34页 |
| 4.2 The Creative Witches and Their Archetypes | 第34-44页 |
| 4.2.1 Alexandra as the Creator of Life | 第35-38页 |
| 4.2.2 Jane as the Creator of Art | 第38-40页 |
| 4.2.3 Sukie as the Creator of Passion | 第40-44页 |
| CHAPTER V THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF THE WITCHES | 第44-65页 |
| 5.1 Origin of Destruction: Jealousy and Lust | 第44-50页 |
| 5.1.1 Witches as Hera | 第44-47页 |
| 5.1.2 Darryl Van Horne as the Seducer | 第47-50页 |
| 5.2 The Destructive Witches and Their Archetypes | 第50-58页 |
| 5.2.1 Destroyers of Marriage: The Witches as Ares | 第51-53页 |
| 5.2.2 Negligent Mothers: The Witches as the Step-mother | 第53-58页 |
| 5.3 The Plot of the Novel and Its Archetypes | 第58-65页 |
| 5.3.1 U-shaped Comedy and Its Reversed Counterpart | 第58-62页 |
| 5.3.2 The Dark Version of the Golden Apple Myth | 第62-65页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第65-67页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第67-70页 |
