| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| ·Harold Pinter's achievements in literature | 第9-11页 |
| ·Pinter and existentialism | 第11-14页 |
| ·Literature review on Pinter's early plays | 第14-16页 |
| ·Innovation and theory employed | 第16-19页 |
| 2. Projection of Anxiety in The Dumb Waiter | 第19-37页 |
| ·Existential view upon anxiety | 第19-21页 |
| ·Taxonomies of anxiety in The Dumb Waiter | 第21-30页 |
| ·Anxiety in terms of space | 第21-23页 |
| ·Anxiety in terms of relation | 第23-27页 |
| ·Anxiety in terms of discourse | 第27-30页 |
| ·Projection of anxiety in The Dumb Waiter | 第30-37页 |
| ·Gus'anxiety in terms of idle talk | 第30-32页 |
| ·Gus'anxiety in terms of curiosity | 第32-35页 |
| ·Gus'anxiety in terms of ambiguity | 第35-37页 |
| 3. Projection of Fear in The Dumb Waiter | 第37-41页 |
| ·Existential view upon fear | 第37-38页 |
| ·Dasein's fear in the sense of concreteness | 第38-39页 |
| ·Dasein's fear in the sense of universality | 第39-41页 |
| 4. Projection of Death in The Dumb Waiter | 第41-46页 |
| ·Existential view upon death | 第41页 |
| ·Death as a mode of falling prey | 第41-43页 |
| ·Death as a mode of conscience summon | 第43-46页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第46-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-52页 |
