| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| Chapter One An Overview of Good and Evil of Human Nature and Melville's Unique Concept of It | 第17-31页 |
| ·Classical View of Good and Evil versus That of Christianity | 第19-23页 |
| ·Melville's Attack on Transcendentalism---a Subversion of the Dominating Culture of His Time | 第23-31页 |
| Chapter Two Melville's Earnest Pursuit for a Perfect Human Nature in Typee and His Disillusionment with It | 第31-44页 |
| ·Melville's Spiritual Journey in Pursuit of a Paradise | 第32-34页 |
| ·Melville's Hopefulness Arises from the Typean World | 第34-40页 |
| ·Melville's Hopeless Quest for a Perfect Human Nature in Typee and His Desperate Escape from It | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter Three A Troubled Mind---Melville's Painful Search for Truth in Moby Dick | 第44-68页 |
| ·Pertinent Comments on Moby Dick | 第44-45页 |
| ·Social Background for the Creation of Moby Dick | 第45-46页 |
| ·Melville's Ingenious Analysis of the Crew Members on the Pequod---Three Different Attitudes towards Life | 第46-58页 |
| ·An Active Attitude towards Life | 第47-49页 |
| ·A Neutral Attitude towards Life | 第49-50页 |
| ·A Negative Attitude towards Life---a Complex of Captain Ahab's Nature:Pride,Madness and Humanity | 第50-58页 |
| ·Captain Ahab's Pride | 第51-53页 |
| ·Captain Ahab's Madness | 第53-56页 |
| ·Captain Ahab's Humanity | 第56-58页 |
| ·Further Reflections on Captain Ahab---Is He a Blasphemous Figure at All? | 第58-60页 |
| ·Melville---a Man Who Loves to Dive and Loves All Men Who Dive | 第60-61页 |
| ·A Troubled Mind---Melville's Dilemma in His Religious Belief | 第61-65页 |
| ·To Voice the Repressed Desire---Another Approach to Moby Dick | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Four Melville's Reconciliation with God in Billy Budd | 第68-79页 |
| ·Conflict between Good and Evil in Billy Budd | 第68-70页 |
| ·Good and Evil in the Case of a Criminal without a Crime | 第70-74页 |
| ·More Perspectives on Good and Evil in Billy Budd | 第74-79页 |
| ·Ethical Discussion of Good and Evil | 第74-76页 |
| ·Philosophical Discussion of Good and Evil | 第76-79页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第79-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-84页 |
