| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| Ⅰ. Nationalist Construction of Irish Femininity | 第14-22页 |
| A. The Image of Mother Ireland | 第14-19页 |
| B. Irish Mothers in the House | 第19-22页 |
| Ⅱ. Irish Female Identity Constructed by Catholicism | 第22-29页 |
| A. The Pursuit of Purity and the Sins of the Flesh | 第22-25页 |
| B. Her Child-battered Body | 第25-29页 |
| Ⅲ. The Rebuilding of Veronica's Identity | 第29-45页 |
| A. Veronica's Probing into the Truth | 第29-34页 |
| B. Veronica's Rebuilding Mother-Daughter Relationship | 第34-39页 |
| C. Veronica's Journey to Self-Discovery | 第39-45页 |
| Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Works Cited | 第47-49页 |
