Introduction
Chapter One Feminist Theories and Maslow's Personality Theory
1.1 Feminist Theories
1.1.1 Simone de Beauvoir's The SecondSex
1.1.2 Elaine Showalter's A Literature of Their Own
1.2 Maslow's Personality Theory
1.2.1 Hierarchy of Needs
1.2.2 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Literary :Interpretation
Chapter Two The Millstone: Independence Reconsidered
2.1 Rosamund Stacey's Self-reliance
2.1.1 Independent Consciousness
2.1.2 Motherhood and Self-reliance
2.2 Constructive Motherhood
2.2.1 Need for Maternal Love
2.2.2 Rosamund's Identification with Other Women
2.3 Rosamund Stacey's Limitation
2.3.1 Rosamund's Weakness
2.3.2 Rosamund's Ambiguity
Chapter Three The Waterfall: Sexuality Embraced
3.1 Jane Gray's Isolation
3.1.1 Troubled Marriage
3.1.2 Isolation by Choice
3.2 Catalytic Eroticism
3.2.1 Jane's Sexual Awakening
3.2.2 Jane's Emotional Dependence
3.3 Toward Spiritual Independence
3.3.1 Moral Concem
3.3.2 Toward Maturity
Chapter Four The Realms of Gold: Transcendence
4.1 Frances Wingate's Transcendence
4.1.1 Frances's Career Life
4.1.2 Frances's Emotional Life
4.1.3 Frances's Spiritual Life
4.2 Janet Bird's Confinement
4.2.1 ABird in the Cage
4.2.2 Breaking the Cage
Conclusion
Appendix I Biographical Outline
Appendix II Article Titles on Drabble's Works by Chinese Critics (up to 2010)
Works Cited
