| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CHPATER ONE | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to Edith Wharton and The House of Mirth | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Aim and Research Questions | 第12页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第12-14页 |
| 1.4 Significance of the Research | 第14页 |
| 1.5 Theoretical Framework and Methodology | 第14-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SPECTATORS | 第17-37页 |
| 2.1 Characterization of Lily Bart | 第17-20页 |
| 2.2 Spectators within the Society Acting as Oppressive Forces | 第20-34页 |
| 2.2.1 Selden’s Spectatorship | 第21-29页 |
| 2.2.2 Mrs. Peniston’s Spectatorship | 第29-31页 |
| 2.2.3 The Spectatorship of Lily’s friends | 第31-34页 |
| 2.3 Lily’s Disillusionment of Marriage | 第34-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE INNER WEAKNESSES OF THE CHARACTER OF LILY | 第37-47页 |
| 3.1 Unsteadiness of Purposes Resulted from Sense of Learned Helplessness | 第37-42页 |
| 3.2 Sense of Superiority as a Mask for Inner Inferiority | 第42-47页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第47-49页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第49-50页 |
