| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-22页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Henrik Ibsen and his Plays | 第11-12页 |
| ·Iben’s Personal Experience and his Incorporation of his Own Experiences in his Works | 第12-15页 |
| ·A Brief Summary of Hedda Gabler | 第15-17页 |
| ·A Literature Review of Hedda Gabler | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Aims of the Dissertation | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Hedda’s Marriage and the Social Background of the Play | 第22-31页 |
| ·Hedda’s Marriage | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Social Background of the Play | 第25-28页 |
| ·Women’s Social Position in the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three A Detailed Analysis of Hedda Gabler’Personality | 第31-52页 |
| ·Hedda: A Dancer in the Dark | 第31-33页 |
| ·A Detailed Analysis of Hedda Gabler’s Personality | 第33-48页 |
| ·General Gabler——the Invisible Commander | 第33-36页 |
| ·George Tesman——the Material Provider | 第36-39页 |
| ·Eilert Lovborg——the Ideal Embodiment | 第39-44页 |
| ·Judge Brack——the Entertainer and the Threat | 第44-48页 |
| ·Hedda’s Suicide——the Way of Self-realization | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Four A Comparative Study of Hedda and Thea | 第52-61页 |
| ·Hedda and Other Female Characters | 第52-54页 |
| ·A Comparative Study of Hedda and Thea: the Self-pursuing Unwomanly Woman and the Selfless Womanly Woman | 第54-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
