| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-10页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THE ABSENT MRS. WRIGHT'S PREDICAMENT AND RELIEF INTHRIFLES | 第17-35页 |
| ·Mrs. Wright's Predicament of Being a Housewife | 第18-25页 |
| ·The Sheriffs Neglect of the "Trifles" | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Attorney's Ignorance of Mrs. Wright's Privacy | 第20-22页 |
| ·Mr. Wright's Restriction on Mrs. Wright | 第22-25页 |
| ·Mrs. Wright's Relief by the Sympathy of the Women on Stage | 第25-35页 |
| ·The Discovery of a Dead Bird and the Unfinished Quilt of Mrs. Wright | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Mess in Mrs. Wright's Kitchen | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Empty Rocker of Mrs. Wright | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Final Fair "Trail" by the Women on Stage | 第31-35页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE ABSENT ALISON'S PREDICAMENT AND RELIEF INALSION'S HOUSE | 第35-51页 |
| ·Alison's Predicament of being a Poet | 第36-44页 |
| ·Family's Prevention of Alison to be a Poet | 第36-40页 |
| ·Agatha's Concealment of the Poems | 第37-39页 |
| ·Stanhope's Inference of Alison to be a Poet | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Unknowable Poet Alison to the Public | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Unpublished Poems by Alison | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Selling of Alison's House | 第42-44页 |
| ·Alison's Relief by the Help of the Young People | 第44-51页 |
| ·The Reporter's Interests in Alison's Works | 第44-46页 |
| ·Her Niece's Demand for Publishing Alison's Poems | 第46-51页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE ABSENT BERNICE'S PREDICAMENT AND RELIEF INBERNICE | 第51-66页 |
| ·Bernice's Predicament of Being an Independent Woman | 第52-60页 |
| ·Craig Norris's Control over Bernice | 第53-55页 |
| ·Laura's Scorn on Bernice's Philosophy of Life | 第55-57页 |
| ·Bernice's Father's Failure to Understand Her | 第57-59页 |
| ·Abbie's Misunderstanding towards Bernice | 第59-60页 |
| ·Bernice's Final Relief | 第60-66页 |
| ·Margret's Understanding of Bernice's Unique Thoughts | 第61-63页 |
| ·Bernice's Manifestation of Her Independence | 第63-66页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第66-68页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第68-70页 |
