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Introduction
Chapter One Warren's Eternal Quest for the Theme of Self-knowledge
1.1 Historical background
1.2 Life experience and its influence on the Author's writing
1.3 Essential Significance of Self-knowledge and Way to Gain Self-knowledge
Chapter Two Exploration of Inner Cave for Self-Knowledge
2.1 Jasper Harrick's Entombment in the Cave and Its Implications
2.2 Jack Harrick's Attainment of Self-knowledge with Help of Brother Sumpter and Celia Hornby
2.2.1 Trapped in Self-narrowness before Gaining Self-Knowledge
2.2.2 Self-knowledge Gained through Self-Excavation with Misery
2.3 Self-knowledge Gained by Nicholas Papadoupalous in an Epiphany
2.4 Unfulfilled Exploration Leading to Self-imprisonment
Chapter Three The Symbolic Meaning of the Cave
3.1. The Image of Platonic Cave
3.2 A Tomb-Womb Image and Its Sexual Overtones
3.3 Human Emptiness—Yearning for Fulfillment
3.4 Jesus Christ's Tomb—a Place for Salvation and Resurrection
Conclusion
Bibliography
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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