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Acknowledgement
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Eugene O'Neill and His Works
1.2 Eugene O'Neill's Contribution to American Drama
1.3 Different Evaluation about Desire Under the Elms
Chapter Two The Essence of True Tragedy
2.1 Definition of Tragedy
2.1.1 Aristotle's Definition
2.1.2 Hegel's Definition
2.1.3 Palmer's Definition
2.2 Essence of Tragedy
Chapter Three Analysis of Desire Under the Elms
3.1 Contradiction between the Theme and the Background
3.1.1 Plot and Theme
3.1.2. Social and Historical Background
3.2 Defects in the Portrayal of Main Characters
3.2.1 Catharsis
3.2.2 The Portrayal of Cabot
3.2.3 The Portrayal of Eben
3.2.4 The Relationship between Cabot, Abbie and Eben
3.2.5 The Portrayal of Eben's mother
3.2.6 The Portrayal of Abbie
3.3 Defects in the Frame and the Ending
3.3.1 The Time Arrangement
3.3.2 The Ending
3.4 Motive of Writing Desire Under the Elms
3.5 O'Neill on the Rehearsal of The Iceman Cometh
Chapter Four The Portrayal of Main Characters in Long Days Journey into Night
4.1 The Background
4.2 The Arrangement of Time and Structure
4.3 The Portrayal of the Main Characters
4.3.1 The Portrayal of James Tyrone
4.3.2 The Portrayal of Mary
4.3.3 The Portrayal of Jamie
4.3.4.The Portrayal of Edmund
4.4 The Use of Symbols
4.5 The Motive of Writing Long Days Journey into Night
Chapter Five Reflection
5.1 Objective Evaluation of Desire
5.2 Correct Attitude to Things Foreign
5.3 Lu Xun's Absorptionism
5.4 Thinking of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature
Conclusion
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