| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Introduction of the Author Eugene O’Neill | 第12-14页 |
| ·Introduction of Long Day’s Journey into Night | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-19页 |
| ·Research Status of Long Day’s Journey into Night | 第16-18页 |
| ·Purpose of this Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis：Illness as Metaphor | 第19-28页 |
| ·The Contraction of Illness as Metaphor | 第19-22页 |
| ·Study of Illness as Metaphor | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Classification of Illness as Metaphor | 第24-28页 |
| ·Metaphor of Social Illness | 第24页 |
| ·Metaphor of Cultural Illness | 第24-25页 |
| ·Metaphor of Moral Illness | 第25页 |
| ·Metaphor of Political Illness | 第25-26页 |
| ·Metaphor of Religious Illness | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Four ANALYSIS OF ILLNESS AS METAPHOR IN LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTONIGHT | 第28-38页 |
| ·Edmund's Tuberculosis | 第28-31页 |
| ·Quality of the Poet | 第28-30页 |
| ·Caused by the Repressed Passion | 第30-31页 |
| ·Mary's Mental Illness | 第31-35页 |
| ·The Loss of A Sense of Belonging | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Loss of Hope in life | 第34-35页 |
| ·Little Jamie's Measles: Fear of life and Ugliness of Human Nature | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Five the Influence of Illness as Metaphor upon Other Characters in Long Day | 第38-45页 |
| ·Cynical Adult Son Jamie | 第38-40页 |
| ·Miserly Father Tyrone | 第40-42页 |
| ·Indifferent Doctors | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-50页 |
