| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One George Eliot and The Mill on the Floss | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two Maggie's Psychological Situation in the Patriarchal Society | 第15-40页 |
| ·Maggie's Dilemma | 第16-27页 |
| ·Rebellion and Submissiveness | 第16-20页 |
| ·Self-assertion and Self-denial | 第20-27页 |
| ·Maggie's Unbalanced Psyche | 第27-32页 |
| ·Maggie's Conflicts between Id and Superego | 第28-30页 |
| ·Maggie's Lost Ego | 第30-32页 |
| ·Maggie's Morbid and Neurotic Psychology | 第32-40页 |
| ·Self-effacing | 第33-36页 |
| ·Maggie's Morbid Dependency on Men | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Three Unlocking the Riddle of Maggie's Death | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Beckon of"Death" before Drowning | 第40-41页 |
| ·Inevitable Death | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Four Maggie's Death and George Eliot's Survival | 第45-55页 |
| ·Maggie: a Mirror of George Eliot | 第45-50页 |
| ·Maggie's Death—George Eliot's Survival | 第50-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Works Cited | 第57-60页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ—Works by George Eliot | 第60-61页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ—Related Studies on The Mill on the Floss | 第61-88页 |
