| Abstract (in English) | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ A Historical Retrospect to the Myth of Hippolytus and Phaedra | 第13-19页 |
| ·Myth of Hippolytus and Phaedra | 第13页 |
| ·Hippolytus in The Golden Bough | 第13-14页 |
| ·Dramatists' adaptations of the story | 第14-19页 |
| ·Euripides' Hippolytus as well as Seneca's Phaedra | 第14-15页 |
| ·Racine's Phaedra | 第15-16页 |
| ·Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms | 第16-17页 |
| ·Robinson Jeffers' The Cretan Woman | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Theoretical Perspective | 第19-23页 |
| ·Myth and Mythological Criticism | 第19-21页 |
| ·Frazer's Contribution to Mythological Criticism | 第20-21页 |
| ·Archetypes and Archetypal Criticism | 第21-23页 |
| ·Jung's Contribution to the Approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·Frye's Contribution to the Approach | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Archetypes Employed in the Thesis | 第23-56页 |
| ·Plot Archetypes | 第23-38页 |
| ·Plot Archetypes in Euripides' Hippolytus | 第26-29页 |
| ·Plot Archetypes in Racine's Phaedra | 第29-32页 |
| ·Plot Archetypes in Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms | 第32-35页 |
| ·Plot Archetypes in Robinson Jeffers'The Cretan Woman | 第35-38页 |
| ·Character Archetypes | 第38-50页 |
| ·Hippolytus in Each Play | 第41-44页 |
| ·Hippolytus in Euripides | 第41-42页 |
| ·Hippolytus in Racine | 第42页 |
| ·Hippolytus in Eugene O'Neill | 第42-43页 |
| ·Hippolytus in Robinson Jeffers | 第43-44页 |
| ·Phaedra in Each Play | 第44-47页 |
| ·Phaedra in Euripides | 第44-45页 |
| ·Phaedra in Racine | 第45-46页 |
| ·Phaedra in Eugene O'Neill | 第46页 |
| ·Phaedra in Jeffers Robinson | 第46-47页 |
| ·Thesus in Each Play | 第47-50页 |
| ·Thesus in Euripides | 第47-48页 |
| ·Thesus in Racine | 第48-49页 |
| ·Thesus in Eugene O'Neill | 第49页 |
| ·Thesus in Jeffers Robinson | 第49-50页 |
| ·Theme Archetypes | 第50-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-60页 |
| Notes | 第60-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
