| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abbreviations | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-9页 |
| Preface in Chinese | 第9-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ The American Dream in Hawthorne's Novel | 第19-46页 |
| 1．1 The American Dream——Errand into the Wilderness | 第20-24页 |
| 1．1．1 The American Mission | 第20-21页 |
| 1．1．2 A Precarious Errand——The Peril of Running upon a Fool's Errand | 第21-24页 |
| 1．2 Dark Necessity——Sinners Glorify God Through Their Sinning | 第24-46页 |
| 1．2．1 A Is For Apple——Hester's Errand into the Wilderness Is a Journey into the Darkness | 第28-35页 |
| 1．2．2 Dimmesdale's Egomania and Chillingworth's Frozen Heart | 第35-38页 |
| 1．2．3 A Is for Acknowledgement——Pearl's Story | 第38-46页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ History Is What Hurts | 第46-68页 |
| 2．1 The Myth of the South——The Southern Version of the American Dream | 第46-51页 |
| 2．2 It Is Hard to Understand the Past | 第51-68页 |
| 2．2．1 Sutpen's Design——An Errand on Its Own Purpose Tums Out to Be Its Mockery | 第51-59页 |
| 2．2．2 Who Am I——Charles Bon's Problem | 第59-62页 |
| 2．2．3 The Past Is Not Dead——The Tragedy of the Old South | 第62-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-74页 |
| Works cited | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography & References | 第76-78页 |
