| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CONTENTS | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第13-22页 |
| Chapter Two THE BIOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE:THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE | 第22-34页 |
| ·Ella | 第25-27页 |
| ·Kathleen Jenkins | 第27-30页 |
| ·Agnes Boulton | 第30-31页 |
| ·Carlotta Monterey | 第31-32页 |
| ·O'Neill's Four Lovers | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Three RUTH'S DEPENDENCY AND AWARENES IN BEYOND THEHORIZON | 第34-44页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34-35页 |
| ·Ruth's Start of love-Initiative-Rebellion | 第35-38页 |
| ·Marriage Period-Complaints,Swaying-Dependence | 第38-41页 |
| ·Three female characters'complaints | 第38-39页 |
| ·Ruth's swaying between two male characters | 第39-41页 |
| ·Tragic Consequences | 第41-42页 |
| ·Female Characters in Eugene O'Neill's Early Plays | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four ABBIE'S COURAGEOUS REBELLION AND MORAL VICTORYIN DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS | 第44-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第44-45页 |
| ·Abbie's Dependency on Marriage | 第45-46页 |
| ·Earth-Mother-Abbie in Desire Under the Elms | 第46-51页 |
| ·The deep rooted notion "Woman=Nature" | 第46-50页 |
| ·Abbie-Mother Earth | 第50-51页 |
| ·Abbie's Brave Rebellion and Moral Victory | 第51-53页 |
| ·Female Characters in Eugene O' Neill's Mid-Period Plays | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Five JOSIE'S ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SELF-INDENTITY IN AMOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN | 第55-63页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55-56页 |
| ·Integrated Image-Josie in A Moon for the Misbegotten | 第56-58页 |
| ·Josie's Accomplishment of Self-Identity | 第58-61页 |
| ·Female Characters in Eugene O' Neill's Late Plays | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第63-66页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第66-67页 |
