| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Literature Review of The Awakening | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Brief Introduction of Death Aesthetics | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Outline of The Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Factors Contributing to Edna's Death | 第16-42页 |
| 1.1 Perplexities in Edna's Awakenings | 第16-27页 |
| 1.1.1 The Process and the Manifestations of Edna's Awakenings | 第16-24页 |
| 1.1.2 Perplexity about Ethics | 第24-26页 |
| 1.1.3 Perplexity about Solitude | 第26-27页 |
| 1.2 Disillusionment of Love | 第27-31页 |
| 1.2.1 Love at Grand Isle | 第27-29页 |
| 1.2.2 Robert's Leaving for Mexico | 第29页 |
| 1.2.3 Robert's Coming Back | 第29-30页 |
| 1.2.4 Leaving Again and for Good | 第30-31页 |
| 1.3 Dissociation of Personality | 第31-36页 |
| 1.3.1 Edna's Dual Personality | 第31-33页 |
| 1.3.2 The Irreconcilable Conflict between Two "Selves" | 第33-36页 |
| 1.4 Struggling in the Patriarchy | 第36-42页 |
| 1.4.1 Social Milieu | 第37-39页 |
| 1.4.2 Family Milieu | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Two The Suicide Ending--Edna's Freewill Choice | 第42-48页 |
| 2.1 The External Moment of Death Aesthetics | 第42-43页 |
| 2.2 Edna's Realization of Self | 第43-45页 |
| 2.2.1 Escaping the Role of Traditional Woman in the Patriarchal Society | 第43-45页 |
| 2.2.2 Aesthetic Moment--Realizing Her Self by Death | 第45页 |
| 2.3 The Death Ending--Both a Triumph and a Defeat | 第45-48页 |
| 2.3.1 A Triumph for Self-realization | 第46-47页 |
| 2.3.2 A Defeat--Fail to Conquer the Reality | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Three The Art and Aesthetics of the Death Narrative | 第48-62页 |
| 3.1 The Internal Moment of Death Aesthetics | 第48-49页 |
| 3.2 Implication of Death in the Text | 第49-57页 |
| 3.2.1 The Image of the Sea | 第49-51页 |
| 3.2.2 The Image of Birds | 第51-53页 |
| 3.2.3 The Image of Darkness | 第53-55页 |
| 3.2.4 The Image of Music | 第55-57页 |
| 3.3 The Rationality of the Open Ending | 第57-62页 |
| 3.3.1 Readers' Acceptance | 第57-59页 |
| 3.3.2 The Significance of Life in the Death Narrative | 第59-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Works Cited | 第64-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |
