| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Egotistic Maidenhood | 第17-31页 |
| A. Reasons of Gwendolen's Egotism | 第17-24页 |
| 1. No Experience of a Settled Home in Childhood | 第18-20页 |
| 2. Family's Fondness for Gwendolen | 第20-22页 |
| 3. The Egotistic Nature in Gwendolen | 第22-24页 |
| B. Impulsive Acts of Gwendolen's Egotism | 第24-31页 |
| 1. Gwendolen's Domestic Tyranny | 第25-26页 |
| 2. Gwendolen's Peculiar Notion of Love and Marriage | 第26-28页 |
| 3. Gwendolen's Obsession with Gambling and Horse-riding | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Moral Dilemma | 第31-53页 |
| A. Gwendolen's Inner Conflicts | 第31-38页 |
| 1. Gwendolen's Wounded Egotism | 第32-34页 |
| 2. Conflicts between Egotism and Newly Awakened Conscience | 第34-38页 |
| B. Moral Retribution after Marriage | 第38-44页 |
| 1. Suffering from Mrs. Glasher's Curse and Her Own Guilt | 第38-41页 |
| 2. Reversal of Power Pattern between Gwendolen and Grandcourt | 第41-44页 |
| C. Interweaved Confusion between Guidance and Despair | 第44-53页 |
| 1. Guidance from Gwendolen's Moral Mentor Daniel Deronda | 第44-48页 |
| 2. Despair in Struggling during the Process of Moral Growth | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Sublimation of Gwendolen's Egotism | 第53-68页 |
| A. Gwendolen's Rebirth from Water and Her Confession | 第53-59页 |
| 1. Connotation of Gwendolen's Rebirth from Water with Baptism in Christianity | 第54-55页 |
| 2. Gwendolen's Confession of Guilt to Daniel Deronda | 第55-59页 |
| B.Gwendolen's Sublimation of Her Egotism | 第59-68页 |
| 1. Moral Sublimation in Grandcourt's Will | 第59-62页 |
| 2. Balanced Dependence between on Daniel and on Her Own | 第62-65页 |
| 3. Return of Home-the Consciousness of Duty in Life | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| Works Cited | 第70-73页 |