| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-23页 |
| Chapter One The Confined Madness: Female Existential Predicament | 第23-39页 |
| 1.1 Madness in Sue: From Helplessness to Desperation | 第23-29页 |
| 1.2 Madness in Maud:From Submissiveness to Insanity | 第29-39页 |
| Chapter Two The Apparent Violence: Female's Suffered Oppression | 第39-51页 |
| 2.1 Violence in the Briar Manor: Absolute Patriarchal Authority | 第40-44页 |
| 2.2 Violence in the Madhouse:Cruel Masculine Persecution | 第44-51页 |
| Chapter Three The Successful Subversion:Feminism's Claim | 第51-65页 |
| 3.1 The Subversion of Patriarchal Tyranny | 第52-58页 |
| 3.2 The Subversion of Traditional Marriage in the Victorian Era | 第58-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-75页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第75-77页 |