| Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| ·Diverse Criticism on The Scarlet Letter | 第13-15页 |
| ·Multidimensional Studies on the Theme of The Scarlet Letter | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Analyses of Four Different Types of Loneliness in The Scarlet Letter | 第18-43页 |
| ·Hester Prynne: A Lonely Love-Pursuer | 第18-27页 |
| ·ADeserted Child of Her Parents | 第18-19页 |
| ·A Wife Lack of True Love from Her Husband: Chillingworth | 第19-21页 |
| ·AMother with an Ambivalent Attitude to Her Daughter: Pearl | 第21-22页 |
| ·A Woman in Need of Consolation from Her Lover: Dimmesdale | 第22-25页 |
| ·An Object of Contempt in the Community | 第25-27页 |
| ·Chillingworth: A Lonely Revenge-Seeker | 第27-32页 |
| ·An Abandoned Husband by His Wife | 第27-28页 |
| ·A Man Forsaken by "Son" of God: Dimmesdale | 第28-30页 |
| ·An Unapproachable Stranger to Pearl | 第30-32页 |
| ·Dimmesdale: A Lonely Beggar for God's Grace | 第32-39页 |
| ·A Hypocritical Minister Isolating Himself from the Community and His Lover | 第32-35页 |
| ·A Father with Indifference to His Daughter: Pearl | 第35-36页 |
| ·A Pitiful Victim of the Revenge from Chillingworth | 第36-38页 |
| ·An Unpardonable Sinner to God | 第38-39页 |
| ·Pearl: A Lonely "Child of Love" Asking for Recognition | 第39-43页 |
| ·An Elf-Child of Her Mother | 第39-40页 |
| ·A Disgraceful"Cross" of Her Father | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 3 Symbolic Representations of Loneliness in The Scarlet Letter | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Causes of the Theme of Loneliness in The Scarlet Letter | 第47-50页 |
| ·Hawthorne's Loneliness in His Personal Life | 第47-48页 |
| ·Social and Cultural Backdrops of The Scarlet Letter | 第48-50页 |
| Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第55页 |
