| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-22页 |
| ·Margaret Atwood:a Brief Review | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Blind Assassin | 第14-20页 |
| ·An Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第18-20页 |
| ·Research Questions and Thesis Statement | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO IRIS'S SOCIAL BEING—AN ANGEL IN THE HOUSE | 第22-34页 |
| ·Female Identity and Femininity Defined in Convention | 第23-25页 |
| ·An Edwardian Lady of Perfection | 第25-30页 |
| ·A Sacrifice on the Altar of Family | 第30页 |
| ·A Victim in Marriage | 第30-34页 |
| CHAPTER THREE IRIS'S PRIVATE BEING—A "DEVILISH" WOMAN | 第34-54页 |
| ·Female Villainy and Ifis's Reluctance in Traditional Female Roles | 第35-37页 |
| ·A Woman Taking Advantages of Marriage | 第37-38页 |
| ·A Disloyal Wife | 第38-41页 |
| ·A Mother Without(Grand)Daughter | 第41-47页 |
| ·Iris's Escapement from Motherhood | 第41-44页 |
| ·Iris's Quest for a Lost Mother | 第44-46页 |
| ·Mother-Daughter Relationship and Female Identity | 第46-47页 |
| ·A Failed Keeper of the Sister | 第47-54页 |
| ·Iris's Rejection as the Keeper to Laura | 第47-50页 |
| ·Iris's Love and Jealousy towards Laura | 第50-52页 |
| ·Laura as Iris's Split Self | 第52-54页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR IRIS AS A CREATIVE BEING | 第54-69页 |
| ·Writing and Identity | 第55-56页 |
| ·A Writer of a Gothic Fiction | 第56-60页 |
| ·Female Gothic and Iris's Anxiety | 第57-59页 |
| ·A Victimized Woman Waiting for Love and Redemption | 第59-60页 |
| ·A Writer of a Romance | 第60-62页 |
| ·A Woman in a Romance | 第60-61页 |
| ·An Authoress with a Double Identity | 第61-62页 |
| ·A Writer of a Memoir | 第62-69页 |
| ·An Authoress Split between Past and Present | 第63-64页 |
| ·A Private Confessor | 第64-66页 |
| ·A Recorder of the Lost History | 第66-69页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第69-72页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第72-75页 |
