-10:30 am) Response Paper #2 Due Date: Thursday‚ March 8 Rebirth In the story “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D.H. Lawrence tell a timeless love story between Mabel and Dr.Ferguson‚ two people of totally different social standings falling in love. Mabel is a stubborn‚ hardheaded girl who does not have much to say. Dr.Ferguson is a successful doctor‚ who did not think much of Mabel. Lawrence uses a lot of symbolism in his short story such as life‚ death‚ and emptiness. Dr.Ferguson himself is a clear
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son‚ Paul. Hester constantly complains about not having any luck; she married an unlucky man‚ causing her to be unlucky. According to the narrator‚ the house whispers‚ “there must be more money” (Lawrence 764). Hester states‚ “It’s what causes you to have money. If you’re lucky you have money” (Lawrence 764). Hester admires money more than she admires her family; in this case‚ luck is a symbol of wealth. Without luck‚ there is no such thing as being rich.
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Coupling fairytale-like elements with the harsh reality of gambling addictions‚ The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H Lawrence tells the tragic tale of a young boy’s struggle with his mother’s love of material possessions over the love of her son. The story describes how a boy longing for his mother’s love attempts to make her happy by attending horse races to earn money for her. Using his rocking horse to foretell the winnings he becomes extremely wealthy but at the cost of his sanity. His obsession leads
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Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence is an interesting short story that‚ while it may be entertaining‚ is also disturbing in it’s own right. It shows how money and ambition can drive one mad‚ and how it can not only make a life better‚ but can also ruin a life‚ as well. This poem shows how also a lack of money may drive some insane with a need to get it‚ and how greed can twist a person and change who they are. Three main themes in this short story by D.H. Lawrence are wealth‚ life‚ and luck‚ and
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his essay “Pornography‚” D.H. Lawrence discuss healthy sex and how people try to make healthy sex dirty with pornography. Lawrence states that nudity is not pornography. Pornography is what people have done with nudity during the years. Pornography has always existed‚ but the actions of perverted people have provoked society to reject nudity. Lawrence provides good ideas about the both sides of pornography‚ but I disagree with one of the ideas. According to Lawrence‚ “if a woman hasn’t got a tiny
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A Brief summary on "Why the Novel Matters" This essay is an attempt of making people try to understand life as a succession of bad and good feelings‚sensations ‚concepts‚ ideas‚ beliefs... The writer establishes the elements of his literary genre as if he would describing the parts of his body- the novel is alive and “whatever is me alive is me”. In a fantastic way‚ D.W.Lawrence shows his experience as a man and as a novelist‚ using great comparisions between people from different
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extract form the book ‘The Rainbow’ by D. H. Lawrence is taken from chapter 1. In the extract the writer explores the theme of human relationships and particularly the one between a man and a woman. He describes the wavery nature of love and fear of uncertainty through a third person narrative of Brangwen’s experience with a woman. The writer lays great stress on the ambivalent characteristics of such relationships and reflects this in the body of the prose. Lawrence is deeply concerned with his characters
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A PEACH AND ITS CORE --AN ANALYSIS OF _PEACH_ BY D.H. LAWRENCE 1100012705 叶子杰 What will you think of‚ when you eat a fruit‚ like a peach? I think many people’s answer would be nothing at all. However‚ a peach triggers some poetic romance in D.H. Lawrence‚ and some beautiful verses are thus created. The poem _Peach_ was brainless at first glance--this is indeed not an impenetrable poem‚ but it renders a significant thought that the creations of nature‚ even the most unconscious ones‚ has the
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Approach in Literary Criticism (Written report) PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACH IN LITERATURE Psychoanalytic literary criticism refers to literary criticism or literary theory which‚ in method‚ concept‚ or form‚ is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalytic reading has been practiced since the early development of psychoanalysis itself‚ and has developed into a heterogeneous interpretive tradition. As Patricia Waugh writes‚ ’Psychoanalytic literary criticism
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“The Rocking Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence is a story with a fairy tale aspect‚ but it is not the only story he wrote that can be viewed this way. A closer look at “The Horse-Dealer’s Daughter” shows the fairy tale theme too. Compare the story to classic fairy tales like Cinderella‚ Snow White or Sleeping Beauty and you will see a correlation. All of these stories share elements in common with “The Horse-Dealer’s Daughter.” In the story Cinderella‚ the main character is a daughter that experiences
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