| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| 1． Introduction | 第11-12页 |
| 2． Study of the Writing Motives | 第12-21页 |
| 2．1 Hawthorne—a sufferer of the severe religious ruling | 第12-16页 |
| 2．2 Tolstoy—a rebel of the aristocratic class | 第16-18页 |
| 2．3 Lu Xun—a complete democrat | 第18-21页 |
| 3． Tragic Experiences of the Outlaw Women as Sinners | 第21-24页 |
| 3．1 Hester—a guilty wife in the Puritan community | 第21页 |
| 3．2 Maslova—a wrongly accused 'murderer' | 第21-22页 |
| 3．3 Xianglin's Wife—a bad moral influence | 第22-24页 |
| 4． Exposure of the Social Backgrounds Against the Three Sinners | 第24-35页 |
| 4．1 The Scarlet Letter—the Puritan community | 第24-28页 |
| 4．2 Resurrection—a panorama of Russia | 第28-31页 |
| 4．3 The New-Year Sacrifice—a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society | 第31-35页 |
| 5． Criticism on the Decent Men Behind the Screen | 第35-40页 |
| 5．1 Dimmesdale:distinguished minister—sinner of adultery and lying | 第35-36页 |
| 5．2 Chillingworth respectable doctor—avenger | 第36-37页 |
| 5．3 Nekhludoff so-called noble man—hypocrite | 第37-38页 |
| 5．4 Uncle Lu the master of the house—representative of feudal ideology | 第38-40页 |
| 6． Favor Towards the Heroines for Their Resistance | 第40-47页 |
| 6．1 Hester—seeking her own way out | 第40-43页 |
| 6．2 Xianglin's Wife—doubting the traditional idea of idols and spirits | 第43-44页 |
| 6．3 Maslova—noticing the class difference | 第44-47页 |
| 7． Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-50页 |
