| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·Nathaniel Hawthorne's Early Life | 第10-11页 |
| ·Nathaniel Hawthorne's Major Works | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Salem Witch Trials | 第13-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-23页 |
| ·Review of the Hawthorne Study abroad | 第17-19页 |
| ·Review of the Hawthorne Study in China | 第19-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Reasons for Hawthorne's Employment of Witch's Images and Witchcraft | 第23-31页 |
| ·Influence of Family History | 第23-25页 |
| ·Influence of Puritanism | 第25-26页 |
| ·Influence of Transcendentalism | 第26-28页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Understanding of Romance | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter 4 The Images of Witch and the Mysteries of Witchcraft | 第31-46页 |
| ·A Withered Woman in "The Hollow of the Three Hills" | 第31-34页 |
| ·A Withered Man in "Alice Doane's Appeal" | 第34-36页 |
| ·An Old Man in "Young Goodman Brown" | 第36-39页 |
| ·The Matthew Maules in The House of the Seven Gables | 第39-42页 |
| ·Mother Rigby in "Feathertop:A Moralized Legend" | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter 5 The Influence of the Employment of Witch's Images and Witchcraft onHawthorn's Works | 第46-54页 |
| ·Theme | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Gothic Convention | 第48-51页 |
| ·Writing Techniques | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-61页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的科研成果 | 第61页 |
