| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·Sylvia Plath and The Bell Jar | 第10-13页 |
| ·Lacan's Mirror Stage Theory | 第13-16页 |
| ·The mirror stage | 第14-15页 |
| ·Identification | 第15-16页 |
| ·Focus of the present thesis | 第16-19页 |
| 2.Chora of Desires:Multi-mirroring Relations in The Bell Jar | 第19-31页 |
| ·Social desires in Esther's personality | 第21-26页 |
| ·Sexual desires in Esther's personality | 第26-31页 |
| 3.Self-destruction:Esther's Failure to Identify with the Mirror Images | 第31-38页 |
| ·Initial stage of Esther's self-destruction—complete collapse | 第32-34页 |
| ·Self-destruction in the form of Esther's suicide | 第34-35页 |
| ·Self-destruction in the form of the first electroshock therapy | 第35-36页 |
| ·Self-destruction in the form of Joan's death | 第36-38页 |
| 4.Desires in Self-destruetion:Symptomatic Perfectionism of Sylvia Plath | 第38-47页 |
| ·The perfect mirror for Sylvia Plath—Ted Hughes | 第40-41页 |
| ·Sylvia Plath's view of death:"The woman is perfected" | 第41-44页 |
| ·A ritual for rebirth—the ending of Esther/Plath | 第44-47页 |
| 5.Conclusion | 第47-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-50页 |
