| Acknowledgments | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| Chapter One American Dream or American Nightmare: Reshaping the SuccessMyth in Postwar Society | 第19-28页 |
| 1.1 American Dream and its Manifestation | 第19-22页 |
| 1.2 American Dream at Bay | 第22-25页 |
| 1.3 The Validity of American Dream | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Two Human Weakness in Pursuit of American Dream: Discrepanciesbetwenn Fa?ade and Reality | 第28-39页 |
| 2.1 Expressionist Theatre: Illusions beyond Reality | 第29-33页 |
| 2.2 Psychological Analysis of Willy’s Dream | 第33-39页 |
| Chapter Three Modern Tragedy or Social Drama: A Praise or Attack | 第39-46页 |
| 3.1 The“Failure”of Miller’s Tragic Heroes | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2 A Requiem for Human Nature rather than American Dream | 第42-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-50页 |
