| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Introduction to Emily Bronte | 第10-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-14页 |
| ·Focus and structure of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| 2. Manifestations of Contrasts in Wuthering Heights | 第16-28页 |
| ·Nature and culture | 第16-18页 |
| ·Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange | 第16-17页 |
| ·Love for nature and longing for beloning | 第17-18页 |
| ·Love and hate | 第18-20页 |
| ·Hate resulting from hopeless love | 第18-19页 |
| ·Love as the exit of hate | 第19-20页 |
| ·Life and death | 第20-24页 |
| ·Living with a dead soul | 第20-21页 |
| ·Death as a consummation of life | 第21-24页 |
| ·Internal self and external self | 第24-28页 |
| ·Catherine's rebellion and unrestraint VS submission and refinement | 第24-26页 |
| ·Heathcliff's simplicity and kindness VS callousness and cruelty | 第26-28页 |
| 3. Artistic Effects of Contrasts in Wuthering Heights | 第28-42页 |
| ·Enriching the major characters | 第28-34页 |
| ·Catherine:A unity of opposites | 第28-30页 |
| ·Heathcliff:A Byronic hero | 第30-34页 |
| ·Intensifying the tragic atmosphere | 第34-38页 |
| ·The tragic atmosphere implied in environment | 第34-35页 |
| ·The tragic atmosphere revealed in man's fate | 第35-38页 |
| ·Deepening the theme of undefeated true love | 第38-42页 |
| 4. Conclusion | 第42-43页 |
| Bibliography | 第43-44页 |