| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One Empowerment Deprived——Black Women's Real Status in Gothic Environment | 第14-27页 |
| ·Enclosed Gothic Living Space | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Big House on Monarch Street | 第15-16页 |
| ·Cosey's Hotel and Resort | 第16-18页 |
| ·Distorted Marital Relationship | 第18-22页 |
| ·Slave-like May | 第18-20页 |
| ·Commodity-like Heed | 第20-22页 |
| ·Abnormal Parental Love | 第22-27页 |
| ·Christine:ANeglected Child | 第23-24页 |
| ·Junior:An Unprotected Child | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two Empowerment Seeking——ATough Journey in Gothic Environment | 第27-35页 |
| ·Escaping from Harms: Christine's Being Sent Away | 第27-31页 |
| ·Pursuing Freedom: Junior's Escaping from Home | 第31-33页 |
| ·Longing for Love: Heed's Affair with Knox Sinclair | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Empowerment Regained——AFemale Gothic Victory | 第35-43页 |
| ·Spiritual Relief: Reconciliation between Christine and Heed | 第35-38页 |
| ·Sexual Liberation: Junior's Romance with Romen | 第38-41页 |
| ·Economic Independence: Junior as anAssistant to Heed | 第41-43页 |
| Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-49页 |
