| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-20页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne | 第9-10页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第10-15页 |
| ·Generalization of Criticisms on Hawthorne | 第10-12页 |
| ·Some Relevant Studies in the English-Speaking World | 第12-14页 |
| ·Some Relevant Studies in China | 第14-15页 |
| ·Color Symbolism and Hawthorne | 第15-20页 |
| ·What is Symbol and Symbolism | 第15-17页 |
| ·Color Symbolism | 第17-18页 |
| ·Color Symbols in Hawthorne's Major Works | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Doctrine of the Mean and Hawthorne | 第20-30页 |
| ·What is Doctrine of the Mean | 第20-22页 |
| ·Doctrine of the Mean in Hawthorne's Works | 第22-28页 |
| ·Ambivalence or Contradiction | 第22-25页 |
| ·Ambiguity | 第25-27页 |
| ·Morality of Compromise | 第27-28页 |
| ·Doctrine of the Mean in Hawthorne's Life | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Doctrine of the Mean Embodied by Hawthorne's Color Symbolism | 第30-49页 |
| ·The Symbolic Meaning of Colors in Hawthorne's Major Works | 第30-40页 |
| ·The Symbolic Meaning of Extreme Colors | 第30-37页 |
| ·The Symbolic Meaning of Intermediate Colors | 第37-40页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Doctrine of the Mean Reflected in the Contrast of Two Kinds of Color Symbolism | 第40-49页 |
| ·The Thoughts Symbolized by Extreme Colors Are not Advocated | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Thoughts Symbolized by Intermediate Colors Are Affirmed | 第43-49页 |
| Chapter Four The Source of Doctrine of the Mean in Hawthorne's Philosophy of Life | 第49-55页 |
| ·In Religious Background | 第49-51页 |
| ·Irregularity of Life | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
