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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Introduction
1. The Author and His Time
2. The Skeleton of the Paper
3. Literary Review and General Aims
Chapter One: A Survey of the Search for the Definitions of Tragedy
1. Aristotle's Definition of Tragedy
2. Tragedy after Aristotle
2.1 Hegel's Tragic theory
2.2 Nietzsche's Views on Tragedy
2.3 Paul Gordon's Tragedy after Nietzsche: Rapturous Superabundance and Ren Shengming's Views on Tragedy
3. A Definition of Tragedy
Chapter Two: An American Tragedy
Ⅰ. Existential Crises in the Play
1. Historical Background
2. Crises in the Wingfields
Ⅱ. Reality vs. Illusion in The Glass Menagerie: A View on the Characters
1. The Theme in the Play: Illusion
2. The Fantasy World of The Glass Menagerie
3. An American Tragedy
Conclusion: The Tragedy of Human Beings
Bibliography