| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8页 |
| Abbreviations | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| Chapter One Defining Villains in Webster’s Revenge Tragedies | 第19-28页 |
| 1.1 Definition of “Villain” | 第19-22页 |
| 1.2 Villains in The Duchess of Malfi | 第22-23页 |
| 1.3 Villains in The White Devil | 第23-26页 |
| 1.4 Difficulties in Defining | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two Villains as Activator/Tester of Virtue | 第28-38页 |
| 2.1 Ambiguity between Tool and Schemer | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2 Ambiguity between Avenger and Harm-causer | 第31-33页 |
| 2.3 Virtue Earned than Granted | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter Three Villains as Agent of Providence | 第38-48页 |
| 3.1 Deviance from Conventional Retributive Mechanism | 第38-43页 |
| 3.2 Villains as Triplicate Deputy | 第43-46页 |
| 3.3 Evil against Evil as New Retributive Mechanism | 第46-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-54页 |
