| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract（Chinese） | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract（English） | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| 1.A nthony Trollope and his The Prime Minister | 第11-15页 |
| 2.Literature Review | 第15-18页 |
| 3.Structure of the thesis | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter One Women’s Conventional Role and Position in the Victorian Age | 第21-32页 |
| ·Women?s conventional role and position in reality | 第21-25页 |
| ·Dickens and Thackeray?s attitudes towards women?s role and position | 第25-32页 |
| Chapter Two Women’s Duty: The Spiritual Support for Women’s Seeking of Autonomy and Self-fulfillment | 第32-53页 |
| ·Different attitudes towards the role and position as a woman | 第33-39页 |
| ·Emily: accepting the role and position as a woman | 第33-36页 |
| ·Lady Glencora: resisting the role and position as a woman | 第36-39页 |
| ·Emily's conception of duty as a daughter and a wife | 第39-48页 |
| ·Emily's duty as expected by her father and her husband | 第39-41页 |
| ·Emily's understanding of duty | 第41-48页 |
| ·Lady Glencora's conception of duty as a wife | 第48-53页 |
| ·The duty as expected by the Prime Minister | 第48-50页 |
| ·Lady Glencora's understanding of duty | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Three Domestic life: Seeking Spiritual Autonomy | 第53-68页 |
| ·Emily's seeking of autonomy in choosing a husband | 第53-59页 |
| ·Emily's rebellion against the tyranny of Lopez | 第59-65页 |
| ·Emily's resistance to the control of her father | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Four Public Life: Showing Sympathy to Female’s Political Attempts | 第68-84页 |
| ·Lady Glencora's political ambition | 第69-73页 |
| ·Lady Glencora's political interference | 第73-84页 |
| ·Her extravagant political parties | 第74-79页 |
| ·Her exertion of influence on electoral affairs | 第79-84页 |
| Conclusion | 第84-87页 |
| Bibliography | 第87-89页 |
