Briti kirjandus 20.-21. sajand kordamisküsimused vastustega
· Unhappy, empty, frustrated, sterile: no harmony between men and women
· Ts: portrays the situation
· Lawrence: seeks alternatives
Freudian influence:
· Interest in the unconscious.
· Various complexes (Oedipus complex)
· workings of primary emotions
· Sufferings brought upon the lovers: by cruel social lac. Their own behaviours, inner
restrictions they imporse on themselves, conflicting will of the lover, love and hatred go
hand in hand
· Sex-important theme
· I want men and women to thig sex, fully, completely, honestly, and cleanly
Instinctive man vs. spiritual woman. Lawrence's women. Lawrence's contradictions: frankness,
conflict, disharmony, destruction of manhood, possessiveness of a woman in love. Fascination of a
well-born, intelligent woman for a physical, passionately laboring man. Lawrence's personal