| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| Chapter Two Ambiguity Reflected in Twice-Told Tales | 第17-31页 |
| ·Ambiguity and Unity of Twice-Told Tales | 第17-19页 |
| ·“The Gray Champion”: The Setting of the Past and Twilight | 第19-20页 |
| ·“The Minister’s Black Veil”: The Mysterious Crape | 第20-23页 |
| ·“The Gentle Boy”: Hawthorne’s Ambivalence on Puritanism | 第23-25页 |
| ·Riddles in “Wakefield” | 第25-27页 |
| ·“The Prophetic Pictures”: Hawthorne’s Paradoxical Views of the Artist | 第27-28页 |
| ·Paradoxes in “Fancy’s Show Box” | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three Causes of Formation of Hawthorne’s Characteristic Ambiguity | 第31-43页 |
| ·Hawthorne’s Characteristic Ambiguity | 第31-34页 |
| ·Direct Cause of Hawthorne’s Ambiguity: His “Neutral Territory”Theory | 第34-37页 |
| ·Sources of Hawthorne’s Ambiguity: Hawthorne’s Ambivalence of His Craft, Community and Puritanism | 第37-43页 |
| ·Hawthorne’s Ambivalent Attitude towards His Vocation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Hawthorne’s Ambivalence of Society | 第39-40页 |
| ·Hawthorne’s Ambivalence of Religious Belief | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第43-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-48页 |
| Appendix One Important Articles on Hawthorne from 1995 to 2005 in China | 第48-49页 |
| Appendix Two Suggested Reading List | 第49-52页 |
| 附：本人在读期间发表科研论文及获奖情况一览表 | 第52页 |
