| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| 0.1 Brief Introduction to Sylvia Plath and Her Poetry | 第9-10页 |
| 0.2 Introduction to Ethical Literary Criticism | 第10-14页 |
| 0.3 Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter One Death and Ethical Situation | 第18-32页 |
| 1.1 Death and Social Criticism | 第19-24页 |
| 1.2 Death and Family Ethical Situation | 第24-32页 |
| 1.2.1 Electra Complex | 第25-28页 |
| 1.2.2 Sexual Conflict in Marriage | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Two Death and Ethical Identities | 第32-41页 |
| 2.1 Woman as a Poet | 第32-34页 |
| 2.2 Woman as a Wife | 第34-36页 |
| 2.3 Woman as a Mother | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter Three Death as the Ethical Selection | 第41-49页 |
| 3.1 Death as the Struggle Against the Unequal Society | 第42-45页 |
| 3.2 Death as the Way to Rebirth | 第45-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56页 |