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On the Three Forms of Fruitless Love in Sons and Lovers
WANG Xiao-yan
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2014.03.006
Changchun University, Changchun, China
David Herbert Lawrence is one of the greatest English novelists of the 20th century. He is not only a turn-of-the-century social reformer, but also an artist deeply concerned with human relationships. His famouse work—Sons and Lovers (1994), describes the process of young Paul’s growth with young Lawrence’s personal life as the model. The present paper, first of all, gives a brief introduction of the novel. Then the three forms of unreal love in the story are what the present paper mainly explored. Firstly, the love between Paul and his mother is a distorted love between a mother and a son. Secondly, the love between Paul and Miriam is an immature love of young people. Thirdly, the love between Paul and Clara is physical and short-lived. The three forms of love are unreal and doomed to be fruitless.
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