| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Arthur Miller | 第12-13页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Death of a Salesman | 第13-14页 |
| ·Literature Review and Originality of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO TRADITIONAL THEORIES OF TRAGEDY | 第16-22页 |
| ·Aristotelian Tragic Theories | 第16-19页 |
| ·Aristotelian structure of tragic plot | 第17-18页 |
| ·Aristotelian design of tragic effect and character | 第18-19页 |
| ·Hegelian Theories of Tragedy | 第19-22页 |
| ·Hegelian design of tragic conflict | 第20-21页 |
| ·Hegelian design of tragic reconciliation | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER THREE TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS IN DEATH OF A SALESMAN | 第22-35页 |
| ·Aristotelian Theories of Tragedy and Death of a Salesman | 第22-27页 |
| ·Peripeteia in Death of a Salesman | 第22-24页 |
| ·Anagnorisis in Death of a Salesman | 第24-25页 |
| ·Tragic flaws in Death of a Salesman | 第25-27页 |
| ·Traditional Plot Frame of Death of a Salesman | 第27-28页 |
| ·Hegelian Conflict | 第28-31页 |
| ·Classification of conflicts in Death of a Salesman | 第29页 |
| ·Principal conflict of Death of a Salesman | 第29-30页 |
| ·Conflict causes | 第30-31页 |
| ·Reconciliation in Death of a Salesman | 第31页 |
| ·Death of a Salesman, Oedipus the King and King Lear compared | 第31-35页 |
| ·Similar theme | 第31-33页 |
| ·Similar plot arrangement | 第33-34页 |
| ·One example of similar rhetorical device | 第34-35页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR MODERN RECONSTRACTION OF DEATH OF A SALESMAN | 第35-55页 |
| ·Reconstruction of Character | 第35-37页 |
| ·Tragic Effect of Character Reconstruction | 第37-39页 |
| ·Reconstruction of Tragic Cause | 第39-41页 |
| ·Modern Dramatic Techniques Applied in Death of a Salesman | 第41-45页 |
| ·Expressionism in Death of a Salesman | 第41-45页 |
| ·Illusion | 第41-43页 |
| ·Dramatic Language | 第43-44页 |
| ·Stage Design | 第44-45页 |
| ·Symbolism in Death of a Salesman | 第45-47页 |
| ·Seeds | 第45-46页 |
| ·Stockings | 第46-47页 |
| ·Tennis racket | 第47页 |
| ·Modern Philosophy Embodied in Death of a Salesman | 第47-55页 |
| ·Heideggerian theories embodied in the play | 第47-49页 |
| ·Sartre’s theories embodied in the play | 第49-50页 |
| ·Modern Psychological Theories Embodied in Death of a Salesman | 第50-55页 |
| ·Narcissus complex of the protagonist | 第51-52页 |
| ·Guilty complex of the protagonist | 第52-53页 |
| ·“Seed” complex of Willy | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第55-56页 |
| Work cited | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
