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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
Chapter Two THE BIOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE:THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THE WOMEN lN HIS LIFE
2.1 Ella
2.2 Kathlecn Jenkins
2.3 Agnes Boulton
2.4 Carlotta Monterey
2.5 O'Neill's Four Lovers
Chapter Three RUTH'S DEPENDENCY AND AWARENES IN BEYOND THE HORIZON
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Ruth's Start of love—Initiative-Rebellion
3.3 Marriage Period—Complaints,Swaying-Dependence
3.3.1 Three female characters'complaints
3.3.2 Ruth's swaying between two male characters
3.4 Tragic Consequences
3.5 Female Characters in Eugene O'Neill's Early Plays
Chapter Four ABBIE'S COURAGEOUS REBELLION AND MORAL VICTORY IN DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Abbie's Dependency on Marriage
4.3 Earth-Mothel—Abbie in Desire Under the Elms
4.3.1 The deep rooted notion "Woman=Nature"
4.3.2 Abbie-Mother Earth
4.4 Abbie's Brave Rebellion and Moral Victory
4.5 Female Characters in Eugene O'Neill's Mid-Period Plays
Chapter Five JOSIE'S ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SELF-INDENTITY IN A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Integrated Image—Josie in A Moon for the Misbegotten
5.3 Josie's Accomplishment of Self-Identity
5.4 Female Characters in Eugene O'Neill.S Late Plays
Chapter Six CONCLUSION
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