| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English Version) | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract (Chinese Version) | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-22页 |
| ·Literature review | 第13-18页 |
| ·Thesis statement and originality | 第18-19页 |
| ·An overview of chapters | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Two Social Attitudes towards Men and Women in the Middle Ages and in Elizabethan Era | 第22-33页 |
| ·Economic, political and cultural backgrounds of the Middle Ages | 第23-26页 |
| ·Economic, political and cultural environments of the Elizabethan era | 第26-33页 |
| ·Economy and politics of the Elizabethan era | 第26-28页 |
| ·Cultural characteristics of the Elizabethan era | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter Three Dualism in Shakespeare's Views on Women | 第33-42页 |
| ·Transcendence of age in female characterization | 第33-39页 |
| ·Humanistic Ideals epitomized in Portia in The Merchant of Venice | 第33-36页 |
| ·Women-dominance by French women in Love's Labour's Loss | 第36-39页 |
| ·Inheritance of tradition in female characterization:virtues of women in The Taming of the Shrew | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Four Dualism in Shakespeare's Views on Men | 第42-52页 |
| ·Inheritance of tradition in male characterization | 第42-49页 |
| ·Minion of Fortune-Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 第42-46页 |
| ·Typical dandy Bertram in All's Well That Ends Well | 第46-49页 |
| ·Transcendence of age in male characterization:the new man Orlando in As You Like It | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Works Cited | 第55-58页 |
| Publications | 第58页 |
