| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Contents | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Shakespeare’s Life and Dramatic Composition | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-17页 |
| ·A Linguistic Approach | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter One Schemes and the Creation of Characters | 第20-45页 |
| ·The Concept of Schemes | 第20-21页 |
| ·Free Verbal Repetition and the Creation of Characters | 第21-29页 |
| ·The Concept of Free Verbal Repetition | 第21-22页 |
| ·Free Verbal Repetition and the Creation of Characters in Hamlet | 第22-24页 |
| ·Free Verbal Repetition and the Creation of Characters in Othello | 第24-26页 |
| ·Free Verbal Repetition and the Creation of Characters in King Lear | 第26-28页 |
| ·Free Verbal Repetition and the Creation of Characters in Macbeth | 第28-29页 |
| ·Verbal Parallelism and the Creation of Characters | 第29-37页 |
| ·The Concept of Verbal Parallelism | 第29-30页 |
| ·Verbal Parallelism and the Creation of Characters in Hamlet | 第30-34页 |
| ·Verbal Parallelism and the Creation of Characters in Othello | 第34-35页 |
| ·Verbal Parallelism and the Creation of Characters in King Lear | 第35-36页 |
| ·Verbal Parallelism and the Creation of Characters in Macbeth | 第36-37页 |
| ·Syntactic Parallelism and the Creation of Characters | 第37-45页 |
| ·The Concept of Syntactic Parallelism | 第37页 |
| ·Syntactic Parallelism and the Creation of Characters in Hamlet | 第37-42页 |
| ·Syntactic Parallelism and the Creation of Characters in Othello | 第42-43页 |
| ·Syntactic Parallelism and the Creation of Characters in King Lear | 第43-44页 |
| ·Syntactic Parallelism and the Creation of Characters in Macbeth | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Two Tropes and the Creation of Characters | 第45-84页 |
| ·The Concept of Tropes | 第45页 |
| ·Metaphor and the Creation of Characters | 第45-72页 |
| ·The Concept of Metaphor | 第45-47页 |
| ·Metaphor and the Creation of Characters in Hamlet | 第47-58页 |
| ·Metaphor and the Creation of Characters in Othello | 第58-66页 |
| ·Metaphor and the Creation of Characters in King Lear | 第66-70页 |
| ·Metaphor and the Creation of Characters in Macbeth | 第70-72页 |
| ·Paradox (Oxymoron) and the Creation of Characters | 第72-84页 |
| ·The Concept of Paradox (Oxymoron) | 第72页 |
| ·Paradox (Oxymoron) and the Creation of Characters in Hamlet | 第72-75页 |
| ·Paradox (Oxymoron) and the Creation of Characters in Othello | 第75-78页 |
| ·Paradox (Oxymoron) and the Creation of Characters in King Lear | 第78-81页 |
| ·Paradox (Oxymoron) and the Creation of Characters in Macbeth | 第81-84页 |
| Chapter Three Other Deviations and the Creation of Characters | 第84-130页 |
| ·Register Deviation and the Creation of Characters | 第84-114页 |
| ·The Concept of Register | 第84-85页 |
| ·Register Deviation and the Creation of Characters in Hamlet | 第85-92页 |
| ·Register Deviation and the Creation of Characters in Othello | 第92-96页 |
| ·Register Deviation and the Creation of Characters in King Lear | 第96-111页 |
| ·Register Deviation and the Creation of Characters in Macbeth | 第111-114页 |
| ·Pun and the Creation of Characters | 第114-130页 |
| ·The Concept of Pun | 第114-115页 |
| ·Pun and the Creation of Characters in Hamlet | 第115-119页 |
| ·Pun and the Creation of Characters in Othello | 第119-126页 |
| ·Pun and the Creation of Characters in King Lear | 第126-128页 |
| ·Pun and the Creation of Characters in Macbeth | 第128-130页 |
| Conclusion | 第130-135页 |
| Bibliography | 第135-144页 |
