| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Williams' Life and Literary Achievemen | 第11-14页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| ·Williams Studies by Foreign Scholars | 第15-17页 |
| ·Williams Studies by Chinese Scholars | 第17-18页 |
| ·Originality of the Dissertation | 第18-20页 |
| ·Structure of the Dissertation | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Two Similarities Between Amanda and Blanche | 第21-36页 |
| ·Both Living a Life of Quiet Desperation | 第21-25页 |
| ·Amanda's Life of Quiet Desperation | 第22-24页 |
| ·Quiet Desperation as an Abandoned Wife | 第22-23页 |
| ·Quiet Desperation as a Mother | 第23-24页 |
| ·Blanche's Life of Quiet Desperation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Both Living in Illusion to Escape from Reality | 第25-29页 |
| ·Amanda's Illusion to Escape the Reality | 第26-28页 |
| ·Blanche's Illusion to Escape the Reality | 第28-29页 |
| ·Both Having the Same Tragic Flaws | 第29-36页 |
| ·Nagging | 第29-32页 |
| ·Amanda's Nagging | 第29-31页 |
| ·Blanche's Nagging | 第31-32页 |
| ·Little Liar | 第32-36页 |
| ·Amanda as a Little Liar | 第33-34页 |
| ·Blanche as a Little Liar | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Different Identities Represented by Amanda and Blanche | 第36-45页 |
| ·Amanda as a Realistic Abandoned Mother | 第36-37页 |
| ·Blanche as a Fragile Escapist | 第37-38页 |
| ·Implications of the Two Identities | 第38-45页 |
| ·Amanda as a Dramatization of His Mother | 第40-41页 |
| ·Blanche as a Dramatization of Himself | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第45-46页 |
| Works Cited | 第46-48页 |
| Publishment | 第48页 |
