| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第10-20页 |
| ·Arthur Miller and his literary career | 第10-12页 |
| ·Plays under Study | 第12-15页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第15-20页 |
| Chapter Two THE FOCUS ON THE RUPTURE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS | 第20-31页 |
| ·The Repudiation of the Father’s Sole Authority | 第20-26页 |
| ·The Collapse of the “Father God”Image | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Alienation Resulted From the Father’s Partial Love | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Reconstitution of a Harmonious Family Relationships | 第26-31页 |
| ·The Transformation of Guilt into Responsibility | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Compromise between the Pragmatic and the Ideal | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three THE DIVERSIFIED ETHICAL CHOICES RESULTED FROM THE WAR | 第31-40页 |
| ·The Coexistence of Different Moral Behaviors during the War | 第31-36页 |
| ·The Transition from Moral Paralysis to Moral Autonomy | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Patriotism Exhibited in the War | 第34-35页 |
| ·The War Profiteers | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Ethical Focus in the Aftermath of the War | 第36-40页 |
| ·The Moral Scrutiny of the Returned and the Stayed | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Moral Imperative of the War Survivors | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four THE MALFUNCTION OF PERSONALITY IN SALESMANSHIP. | 第40-49页 |
| ·The Reminiscence of the Former Business Virtues | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Myth of the American Dream | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Failure of Willy’s Theory of “Being Well-liked” | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Destruction of the Formalized Salesmanship | 第45-49页 |
| ·The New Connotation of Salesmanship | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Impersonality of the Newly Emerged Salesmen | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-57页 |
