| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第4-8页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·Eugene O'Neill and His Works | 第12-13页 |
| ·Eugene O'Neill's Contribution to American Drama | 第13-14页 |
| ·Different Evaluation about Desire Under the Elms | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter Two The Essence of True Tragedy | 第18-24页 |
| ·Definition of Tragedy | 第18-23页 |
| ·Aristotle's Definition | 第18-19页 |
| ·Hegel's Definition | 第19-20页 |
| ·Palmer's Definition | 第20-23页 |
| ·Dramatic Form | 第20-21页 |
| ·Response as a Basis for Definition | 第21页 |
| ·Attraction and Repulsion | 第21-22页 |
| ·Intensity | 第22页 |
| ·Structural Interdependence | 第22-23页 |
| ·Essence of Tragedy | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Analysis of Desire Under the Elms | 第24-44页 |
| ·Contradiction between the Theme and the Background | 第24-27页 |
| ·Plot and Theme | 第24-25页 |
| ·Social and Historical Background | 第25-27页 |
| ·Defects in the Portrayal of Main Characters | 第27-37页 |
| ·Catharsis | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Portrayal of Cabot | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Portrayal of Eben | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Relationship between Cabot, Abbie and Eben | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Portrayal of Eben's mother | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Portrayal of Abbie | 第35-37页 |
| ·Defects in the Frame and the Ending | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Time Arrangement | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Ending | 第39-41页 |
| ·Motive of Writing Desire Under the Elms | 第41-42页 |
| ·O'Neill on the Rehearsal of The Iceman Cometh | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four The Portrayal, of Main Characters in Long Days Journey into Night | 第44-58页 |
| ·The Background | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Arrangement of Time and Structure | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Portrayal of the Main Characters | 第47-55页 |
| ·The Portrayal of James Tyrone | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Portrayal of Mary | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Portrayal of Jamie | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Portrayal of Edmund | 第53-55页 |
| ·The Use of Symbols | 第55页 |
| ·The Motive of Writing Long Days Journey into Night | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Five Reflection | 第58-64页 |
| ·Objective Evaluation of Desire | 第58-60页 |
| ·Correct Attitude to Things Foreign | 第60-61页 |
| ·Lu Xun's Absorptionism | 第61-62页 |
| ·Thinking of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature | 第62-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-68页 |
