| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW | 第11-19页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| Literature Review | 第16-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THE CHRONOLOGY OF MELVILLE'S LIFE—BLESSED AND CURSED | 第19-26页 |
| ·An Admirable Early Life | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Fall From Grace | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Sailing Years | 第21-24页 |
| ·A Disturbing Author | 第24-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE PIERRE; OR THE AMBIGUITIES:THE BEWILDERMENT IN PERFORMING MORAL OBLIGATION | 第26-43页 |
| ·The Self-Contradiction of Moral Motivation | 第26-34页 |
| ·The Moral Discrepancy of the Christian Gentleman Ideology | 第28-31页 |
| ·Pierre's Own Moral Discrepancy | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Conflict between Ideality and Reality | 第34-43页 |
| ·The Collapse of the Ideal World | 第34-38页 |
| ·Back to the Harsh Reality | 第38-43页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR "BENITO CERENO":THE EXPLORATION OF MORAL MOTIVATION | 第43-55页 |
| ·The Master-Slave Dichotomy | 第43-49页 |
| ·Racial and Status Prejudice in the Practice of Morality | 第49-55页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE BILLY BUDD:THE FINAL RECONCILIATION TO REALITY | 第55-67页 |
| ·The Depravity of Innocence | 第55-59页 |
| ·The Crime of the Innocence | 第59-62页 |
| ·The Judgment to the Innocence | 第62-67页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第67-70页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第70-72页 |
