| Introduction | 第1-23页 |
| Chapter One Herman Melville and Moby Dick | 第23-29页 |
| 1．1 Herman Melville and the Composition of Moby Dick | 第23-26页 |
| 1．2 Synopsis of Moby-Dick | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Two A True-life Reading of Moby-Dick | 第29-38页 |
| 2．1 A Glimpse of Whaling Industry in the Mid 19th-century | 第29-30页 |
| 2．2 Pequod,an Epitome of American Society | 第30-34页 |
| 2．3 Friendship on Pequod | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Three Allegorical and Symbolic Interpretation of Moby-Dick | 第38-51页 |
| 3．1 Melville's Allegorical Borrowing of Biblical Allusions | 第38-45页 |
| 3．2 Moby-Dick: a Web of Allegories and Symbols | 第45-51页 |
| Chapter Four The Mariners' Multiple Quest | 第51-61页 |
| 4．1 Going to Sea | 第53-56页 |
| 4．2 Terminal Truth: an Ungraspable Phantom of Life | 第56-58页 |
| 4．3 A Quest: a Dialogue Between Civilization and Nature | 第58-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-64页 |
