| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One Eugene O'Neill：A Tragic Dramatist | 第15-27页 |
| ·Family Background: Father and Mother, the Vital Characters in O’Neill’s life | 第15-20页 |
| ·The Philosophical Background | 第20-27页 |
| Chapter Two The Simple Conflicts in Beyond the Horizon | 第27-37页 |
| ·The Rational Characters: Father and Andrew | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Irrational Characters | 第31-37页 |
| Chapter Three The Complex Conflicts in Desire Under the Elms | 第37-46页 |
| ·The Rational Elements---the Environment and the Father | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Irrational Characters | 第41-46页 |
| Chapter Four The Bitter Conflicts in Mourning Becomes Electra | 第46-57页 |
| ·Ezra Mannon, a Rational Man | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Irrational Characters | 第50-53页 |
| ·Lavinia, an Irrational Character Controlled by Rationality | 第53-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-64页 |
| Abbreviation | 第64-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65-66页 |
| Publications | 第66页 |
