| Acknowledgments | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract（English） | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract（Chinese） | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter | 第13-17页 |
| 1．1 Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne | 第13-15页 |
| 1．2 Summary of The scarlet Letter | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Hester's Rebellion and Hawthorne's Ideas of Social Reform | 第17-34页 |
| 2．1 Hawthorne's Views on Social Reform | 第18-21页 |
| 2．2 Hester's Just Rebellion and Hawthorne's Approval of Social Reform | 第21-28页 |
| 2．3 Hester's Radical Rebellion and Hawthorne's Ideal Ways of Social Reform | 第28-34页 |
| Chapter Three Hester's Pains and Hawthorne's Views on Sufferings | 第34-44页 |
| 3．1 Hawthorne's Alienation in His Personal Life | 第35-36页 |
| 3．2 Hester's Gloomy Life | 第36-40页 |
| 3．3 Hester's Isolation | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter Four Romance and The Scarlet Letter | 第44-52页 |
| 4．1 Necessity of American romance | 第44-47页 |
| 4．2 Hawthorne's Romance Writing and The Scarlet Letter | 第47-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-56页 |
