| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-15页 |
| ·MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM | 第8-9页 |
| ·THE THEME OF THE HOURS | 第9-10页 |
| ·SUICIDE | 第10-13页 |
| ·Introduction to Suicide | 第10-12页 |
| ·Suicide in The Hours | 第12-13页 |
| ·LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE HOURS | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO CAUSES OF SUICIDE IN THE HOURS | 第15-43页 |
| ·CHILDHOOD TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE | 第15-18页 |
| ·Virginia Woolf—Witnesses Too Much Death in Her Life | 第16-17页 |
| ·Richard—Great Suffering Due to Family Members’Deaths | 第17-18页 |
| ·DISEASE | 第18-23页 |
| ·Virginia Woolf—Suffers from Depression | 第18-21页 |
| ·Richard—Suffers from AIDS | 第21-23页 |
| ·WAR | 第23-25页 |
| ·DEATH COMPLEX | 第25-30页 |
| ·Virginia Woolf—Death is Frequently Mentioned in Her Novels | 第26-28页 |
| ·Richard—Death is One of the Important Themes in His Works | 第28-29页 |
| ·Mrs. Brown—Death Occurs Frequently in Her Life | 第29-30页 |
| ·LONELINESS | 第30-33页 |
| ·FEELING OF FAILURE | 第33-43页 |
| ·Virginia Woolf | 第33-36页 |
| ·Richard | 第36-40页 |
| ·Mrs. Brown | 第40-43页 |
| CHAPTER THREE POSITIVE MEANING OF DEATH | 第43-53页 |
| ·DEATH—FREE THEM FROM SORROW | 第44-48页 |
| ·Death—Free Richard from AIDS | 第45-46页 |
| ·Death—Free Virginia Woolf from Depression | 第46-47页 |
| ·Death—Free Mrs. Brown from Feeling of Dullness | 第47-48页 |
| ·DEATH—PRESERVE DIGNITY OF LIFE | 第48-49页 |
| ·DEATH—FREE RESTRAINT AND GIVE THOSE STILL LIVING BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE | 第49-50页 |
| ·DEATH—WARN THE OTHERS TO CHERISH THEIR LIFE | 第50-53页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第53-55页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第55-59页 |
| PAPER PUBLISHED DURING THE STUDY FOR M.A. DEGREE | 第59页 |
