| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-21页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to Tennessee Williams and His Plays | 第13-19页 |
| 1.2 The Significance and Structure of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第21-30页 |
| 2.1 Research on A Streetcar Named Desire at Home and Abroad | 第21-24页 |
| 2.2 Research on The Rose Tattoo at Home and Abroad | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3 Existentialist Feminism | 第25-30页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE PROTAGONISTS' LIVING BACKGROUND INPATRIARCHY | 第30-41页 |
| 3.1 Blanche's Disastrous Life | 第30-35页 |
| 3.1.1 A faded Southern belle losing her Belle Reve | 第31-33页 |
| 3.1.2 A lonely widow living a licentious life | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2 Serafina's Tough Life | 第35-41页 |
| 3.2.1 An industrious Sicilian immigrant struggling for survival | 第36-38页 |
| 3.2.2 A faithful widow confining herself to the cottage | 第38-41页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE PROTAGONISTS BEING OPPRESSED AS THEOTHER | 第41-56页 |
| 4.1 Blanche's Humiliated Experience | 第42-50页 |
| 4.1.1 An outsider in Stanley's "kingdom" | 第43-46页 |
| 4.1.2 A loose woman in Mitch's mind | 第46-50页 |
| 4.2 Serafina's Unfortunate Experience | 第50-56页 |
| 4.2.1 A devoted wife bearing her husband's betrayal | 第50-53页 |
| 4.2.2 A single mother suffering oppression from Father De Leo | 第53-56页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DIFFERENT WOMEN'S SEARCHING FOR THEINDEPENDENT SELF | 第56-66页 |
| 5.1 Blanche's Searching for Independent Self in "Elysian Fields" | 第57-61页 |
| 5.1.1 An elegant lady holding a fantasy dream in New Orleans | 第57-59页 |
| 5.1.2 A vulnerable lady being inhumanly sent to a lunatic asylum | 第59-61页 |
| 5.2 Serafina's Searching for Independent Self in Sicilian Community | 第61-66页 |
| 5.2.1 An awakening widow courageously hurling of the marble urn | 第61-63页 |
| 5.2.2 A determined woman finally acceptance of Alvado's love | 第63-66页 |
| CHAPTER SIX WILLIAMS' VIEWS ON WOMEN AND ITS ORIGIN | 第66-78页 |
| 6.1 Williams' Views on Women | 第67-71页 |
| 6.1.1 Williams' great sympathy towards the peripheral women | 第68-70页 |
| 6.1.2 Williams' sincere expectation for women's well-being | 第70-71页 |
| 6.2 Origins for Williams' Views on Women | 第71-78页 |
| 6.2.1 Unpleasant memory of his mother's and sister's miserable fate | 第72-74页 |
| 6.2.2 Fatal weakness of his own personality | 第74-76页 |
| 6.2.3 The rising of American Feminist Movement | 第76-78页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第78-80页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第80-83页 |
