| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH | 第6-9页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第9-15页 |
| ·Dubliners and its Historical Backgrounds | 第9-11页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Perspective of this Thesis | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter One THE BOY PROTAGONISTS: FRUSTRATED ASPIRATIONS | 第15-21页 |
| ·The Seeking Boy in "The Sisters" | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Penitent Boy in "An Encounter" | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Self-critical "Araby" Boy | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Two WOMEN CHARACTERS: EPITOME OF COLONIAL IRELAND | 第21-30页 |
| ·Timid and Ignorant Women | 第22-24页 |
| ·Eveline: the intimidated female | 第22-23页 |
| ·Maria: the blindly pious female | 第23-24页 |
| ·Aggressive Women | 第24-28页 |
| ·Mrs. Mooney: the dominating female | 第24-25页 |
| ·Mrs. Kearney: the corrupting female | 第25-28页 |
| ·Repressed Spinsters | 第28页 |
| ·Fancying Objects for Males | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three MALE CHARACTERS: WOMEN'S COUNTERPARTS | 第30-41页 |
| ·Life as Isolation | 第31-34页 |
| ·Father Flynn: a failure of life | 第31-32页 |
| ·Mr. Duffy: an outcast of life | 第32-34页 |
| ·Life as Frustration | 第34-38页 |
| ·Jimmy Doyle: a victim of Irish vanity | 第34页 |
| ·Mr. Doran and Farrington: preys of others and of instincts | 第34-36页 |
| ·Mr. Kernan: a victim of ignorance | 第36-38页 |
| ·Swindlers | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Four ENTRAPPED MALES | 第41-47页 |
| ·Little Chandler: A Prisoner of His Life | 第41-44页 |
| ·Gabriel Conroy: A Failed Intellect | 第44-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Works Cited | 第49-50页 |
