| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English Version) | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要(Chinese Version) | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter Two Forest—the Harmony of the Primitive Life | 第14-20页 |
| Ⅰ. The invitation of the harmony of the primitive life in the wild | 第14-15页 |
| Ⅱ. The inharmoniousness of the rigid Puritan atmosphere with human nature | 第15-16页 |
| Ⅲ. People compelled to the wild for the harmony of human nature | 第16-18页 |
| Ⅳ. Pearl—the fruit of the harmony of pure human nature | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Forest—the Harmony of the Outside and Inside | 第20-27页 |
| Ⅰ. Hester's natural beauty restored in the forest | 第20-21页 |
| Ⅱ. Hester's dignity as a woman restored in the forest | 第21-23页 |
| Ⅲ. Dimmesdale's cowardice in nature restored in the forest | 第23-24页 |
| Ⅳ.The real identity of the disguised characters restored in the forest | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Four Forest—the Harmony of Maturation in BothPhysicality and Mind | 第27-35页 |
| Ⅰ. The free space in the forest for Hester to speculate and maturate in mind | 第27-29页 |
| Ⅱ. The free space in the forest for Dimmesdale to see through the essenceof Puritan redemption | 第29-33页 |
| Ⅲ. Dimmesdale's mind enlightened in the forest on the verge of his death | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Five Forest—the harmony of God, Man and Nature | 第35-42页 |
| Ⅰ. The inharmonious relation between God and Man in the Puritan society | 第35-37页 |
| Ⅱ. The harmonious relation between God and Man in the forest | 第37-39页 |
| Ⅲ. Nature—the concrete appearance of God | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Six Forest—the harmony of Utopian freedom | 第42-48页 |
| Ⅰ. Forest—the symbol of Utopian freedom at the very beginning | 第42-43页 |
| Ⅱ. Forest—the harmony of Utopian freedom in the eyes ofthe transcendentalists | 第43-44页 |
| Ⅲ. Forest—an ideal Utopian society under Hawthorne's pen | 第44-45页 |
| Ⅳ. Forest—the proper place for the reformers to carryout their Utopian ideas | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| Works Consulted | 第51-54页 |
| Academic Papers Published | 第54页 |
