| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction: | 第9-21页 |
| A Survey of Eugene O'Neill Critical Scholarship | 第10-14页 |
| The Scope and Focus of the Present Study | 第14-21页 |
| Nietzsche and His The Birth of Tragedy | 第14-15页 |
| Apollo and Dionysus | 第15-17页 |
| Relations Between Apollo,Dionysus and Tragedy | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter One:Apollo and Dionysus in Desire Under the Elms | 第21-34页 |
| ·Ephraim Cabot---The Lonesome Apollo on the Farm | 第22-25页 |
| ·Abbie Putnam---The Daughter of Dionysus | 第25-29页 |
| ·Eben---The Awakened Dionysus | 第29-34页 |
| Chapter Two:The Conflicts of Dionysian and Apollonian Spirits | 第34-49页 |
| ·Internal Conflicts of Ephraim,Eben and Abbie | 第34-40页 |
| ·Ephraim---His Toughness and Weakness | 第35-36页 |
| ·Abbie---Her Material Desire and Lust | 第36-38页 |
| ·Eben---Between Love and Hatred | 第38-40页 |
| ·The External Conflicts of the Characters | 第40-49页 |
| ·Father,Mother And Son---The Complex Triangle | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Lost Mother and The Weak Son | 第44-49页 |
| Chapter Three:The Victory of Dionysus | 第49-55页 |
| ·O'Neill's Tragedy Under the Influence of Nietzsche | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Inevitability of the Victory of Dionysus | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Significance of the Victory of Dionysus | 第53-55页 |
| Conclusion: | 第55-58页 |
| Notes | 第58-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65页 |