| Abstract (in English) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第9-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter One Background Studies | 第16-21页 |
| ·Women's Status in Victorian England | 第16-17页 |
| ·Feminism in Victorian England | 第17-18页 |
| ·Hardy's Concern with Women's Movements | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Two Female Oppression in the Male-Dominated Society | 第21-30页 |
| ·Female Characters' Bondage from Marriage and Society | 第21-24页 |
| ·Sue, a Split Self | 第24-26页 |
| ·Sue's Oppressed Sexual Consciousness | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Three Protests Against the Control of Patriarchy | 第30-42页 |
| ·Hardy's Challenge to Gender Role Stereotypes | 第30-36页 |
| ·Female Characters with Masculine Traits | 第30-34页 |
| ·Male Protagonist with Feminine Traits | 第34-36页 |
| ·"Kick" and "Bolt": Women's Struggle for Equality | 第36-40页 |
| ·Sue, a New Woman | 第36-38页 |
| ·Other Female Characters' Feminist Consciousness | 第38-40页 |
| ·Men's Sympathy for Women | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four The Root Cause of the Failure and Hardy's Ambivalence | 第42-52页 |
| ·Sue's Failed Trial of Free Union | 第42-44页 |
| ·Hardy's Failure to Disrupt Patriarchal Ideology | 第44-48页 |
| ·Male Perspective | 第44-47页 |
| ·Celebration of Certain Feminine Traits | 第47-48页 |
| ·Hardy's Ambivalent View of Womanhood | 第48-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Works Cited | 第55-57页 |
