| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 George Eliot and Romola | 第10-13页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第13-16页 |
| 1.3 Focus and structure of the thesis | 第16-19页 |
| 2. Ethical Dilemma and Moral Test | 第19-35页 |
| 2.1 Tito:Conflict between obligation and personal desires | 第19-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Pursuit of personal desires | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.2 Tito's obligation to his foster father | 第22-24页 |
| 2.1.3 Moral obligation vs. personal desires | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2 Romola:Moral test of duty | 第26-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Influence from her humanist father | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.2 "The law of affections" vs. "the outward law | 第27-31页 |
| 2.3 Savonarola:Clash between ends and means | 第31-35页 |
| 2.3.1 Savonarola's ambition to reclaim the Church | 第31-32页 |
| 2.3.2 False prophecies vs. his ambition | 第32-35页 |
| 3. Ethical Choice and Fulfilling Duties | 第35-43页 |
| 3.1 Ethical choice | 第35-39页 |
| 3.1.1 Tito's hedonism and moral nihilism | 第35-37页 |
| 3.1.2 Romola's evasion and self-contemplation | 第37-38页 |
| 3.1.3 Savonarola's doubleness | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2 Fulfilling duties | 第39-43页 |
| 4. Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-46页 |
