| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-20页 |
| CHAPTER 3 ARISTOTLE'S DEFINITION OF TRAGEDY DISPLAYED INTHE GREAT GATSBY | 第20-33页 |
| ·Modes of Imitation | 第21-27页 |
| ·Imitation as a Means to Represent Certain Aspects in Society | 第21-23页 |
| ·Gatsby—An Imitation of Fitzgerald | 第23-26页 |
| ·Daisy—An Imitation of Both Ginevra King and Zelda Sayr | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Law of Probability and Necessity Applied in The Great Gatsby | 第27-33页 |
| ·The Law of Probability and Necessity Applied in Changing from Good to Bad | 第27-28页 |
| ·A Wider Use of the Law of Probability and Necessity | 第28-33页 |
| CHAPTER 4 ARISTOTLE'S ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY APPLIED IN THEGREAT GATSBY | 第33-49页 |
| ·Plot as the Most Important Element of Tragedy | 第33-38页 |
| ·Beginning—the Root of Tragedy | 第34-35页 |
| ·Middle—the Immediate Cause of Tragedy | 第35-36页 |
| ·End—the Disaster | 第36-38页 |
| ·Gatsby as a Not Eminently Good and Just Man in Character | 第38-43页 |
| ·Goodness in Gatsby's Character | 第39-41页 |
| ·Weakness in Gatsby's Character | 第41-43页 |
| ·Symbolism as a New Form of Diction Used in The Great Gatsby | 第43-49页 |
| ·The Color Green | 第43-45页 |
| ·Valley of Ashes | 第45-46页 |
| ·East Egg and West Egg | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Color White | 第47-49页 |
| CHAPTER 5 ARISTOTLE'S EFFECTS OF TRAGEDY REFLECTED INTHE GREAT GATSBY | 第49-63页 |
| ·Complication and Unraveling Properly Arranged in The Great Gatsby | 第49-54页 |
| ·Complication | 第49-52页 |
| ·Unraveling | 第52-54页 |
| ·Reversal and Recognition | 第54-58页 |
| ·Reversal | 第54-56页 |
| ·Recognition | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Aim of Fear and Pity Aroused by Common People—Gatsby | 第58-63页 |
| ·Fear | 第59-61页 |
| ·Pity | 第61-63页 |
| CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION | 第63-65页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第65-67页 |
