| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Ontological Significance of Death | 第13-27页 |
| ·A Survey of Past Studies on Death | 第13-17页 |
| ·Being-towards-Death and the Birth of Tragedy | 第17-22页 |
| ·Ontological Interpretation of Death | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Three Methodological Functions of Death | 第27-38页 |
| ·The Substance of Shakespearean Tragedy | 第27-35页 |
| ·Shakespeare's Use of Aristotelian Teleology | 第28-31页 |
| ·Some Reflections on Bradley's Substance of Tragedy | 第31-33页 |
| ·Existential Understanding of Shakespeare's 'Fate' | 第33-35页 |
| ·Humanistic Tragedies and Transcendental Tragedies | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four Dramatic Functions and Significance of Death in Humanistic Tragedies | 第38-54页 |
| ·General Features | 第39-42页 |
| ·Supernatural Elements as Memento Mori | 第40-41页 |
| ·Madness as a Response to the Dislocated World | 第41-42页 |
| ·Violent Death and the Tragic Spirit of Humanistic Tragedies | 第42-50页 |
| ·Humanistic Demigod and Death | 第43-48页 |
| ·The Inescapability of Death | 第48-50页 |
| ·Death as Truth Revealer | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter Five Dramatic Functions and Significance of Death in Transcendental Tragedies | 第54-61页 |
| ·Wedding-bed and Monument as Memento Mori | 第54-56页 |
| ·God of Love and Suicide | 第56-58页 |
| ·Suicide as a Way of Transcendence | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| Notes | 第64-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69页 |
