| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第13-18页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-23页 |
| 2.1. The study of O’Neill in the Temporal Dimension | 第18页 |
| 2.2. The Approaches Applied in the Study | 第18-22页 |
| 2.3. Comments and the Virgin Research Ground | 第22-23页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ RELEVANT THEORETICAL FOUNDATION | 第23-27页 |
| 3.1. Biographical Approach: Autobiographical Nature | 第23-25页 |
| 3.2. Patriarchy: the Diverse Social Roles | 第25-27页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ FOUR DIVERSE MISERABLE STORIES | 第27-57页 |
| 4.1. James: as a Protector of the Family | 第27-34页 |
| 4.1.1. James’Struggle as a Would-be Protector | 第27-31页 |
| 4.1.2. James’Misery as a Husband and Father | 第31-34页 |
| 4.2. Mary: as a Wife, Mother, and Virgin | 第34-44页 |
| 4.2.1. Mary’s Misery as a Wife | 第34-38页 |
| 4.2.2. Mary’s Misery as a Mother | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2.3. Mary’s Idealized Past as a Virgin | 第41-44页 |
| 4.3. The Miseries of two Sons: Victims of a Fallen Mother | 第44-55页 |
| 4.3.1. The Elder Son | 第44-48页 |
| 4.3.2. The Younger Son | 第48-55页 |
| 4.4. The Desperation of the Family | 第55-57页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ TWO SYMBOLS & THREE CORRESPONDENCES | 第57-61页 |
| 5.1. Two Symbols: Fog, Light | 第57-58页 |
| 5.2. Three Correspondences | 第58-61页 |
| 5.2.1. With Taoism | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2.2. With the Eternal Recurrence of Friedrich Nietzsche | 第59-60页 |
| 5.2.3. With the Myth of Sisyphus | 第60-61页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ CONCLUSION | 第61-63页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第63-65页 |
