| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·About George Eliot | 第10-12页 |
| ·Critical Review of The Mill on the Floss | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Focus of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Paradox | 第17-19页 |
| ·Definition of Paradox | 第17页 |
| ·Usage of Paradox | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Eliot's Paradox-complex and its Embodiment in the Novel | 第19-32页 |
| ·Paradoxical Stances in Religion | 第19-23页 |
| ·Paradoxical Stances in Social Morality | 第23-27页 |
| ·Paradoxical Stances in Feminist Issue | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Paradoxes in the Character | 第32-45页 |
| ·Selfishness VS Altruism | 第32-39页 |
| ·An Innate Egoist | 第33-36页 |
| ·Moral Triumph Transcending Social Inequality | 第36-39页 |
| ·Concealed Submission under the Mask of Superficial Rebellion | 第39-45页 |
| ·A Girl of Rebellion Inborn | 第39-41页 |
| ·Concealed Submission | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Paradoxes in the Structure | 第45-51页 |
| ·Literary Failure of the Ending | 第45-47页 |
| ·Aptness of the Ending | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| References | 第53-56页 |
| Published Paper during Graduate Study | 第56页 |
