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Lawrence's "Sons And Lovers": Relationships - College Papers

Lawrence's "Sons And Lovers": Relationships

There can be no argument that D. H. Lawrence's Son's and Lover's is
a study of human relationships. Gertrude Morel, because of her turbulent
and odd relationship with her husband, ends up developing deep emotional
relations with her two eldest son's. The second eldest in particular, Paul,
is the receiver of most of this deep emotion. Because of these feelings and
the deeper-than-usual emotional bond between the two, Paul has difficulty
being comfortable in his own relationships. Paul's relationship with
Miriam is plagued by his mother's disapproval, jealousy, and Miriam 's own
spirituality.

Paul's relationship with Miriam is one where the love is not
allowed to flourish. Although ...

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already occupies this space in his life. Thus the
relationship between the two is a struggle for an identity. The
relationship is a struggle between Paul and his mother and Paul and Miriam.

The main conflicts between Paul and Miriam are between physical-
spiritual differences and his mother. Miriam holds spirituality very close
to her. Thing with Miriam are always on a very spiritual level. Lawrence
showed this sometimes with depiction's of flowers. Paul has other needs
that Miriam herself feels that she could never fulfill. "You make me feel
spiritual and I don't want to be spiritual." (190) Eventually, Miriam
introduces Paul to Clara to hopefully fulfill these needs. Paul's mother is
also a major conflict. Paul's relationship with his mother was very
dominating. When Paul compared his two loves, it caused great tension
between the two, he would begin to hate Miriam. This tension is similar to
the tension that caused William to die. Whenever William brought his lover,
Lilly, ...

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Added: 2/26/2004 04:53:19 PM
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