D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

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D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
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His ideas

• To him modern world (money, industrialism) seemed
  to have corrupted mans emotional life. He
  thought the salvation of modern civilization lies
  in free expression of emotions and in true
  personal relationships, especially those of man
  and women in love.

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His subject and art

• He wrote about miners, farmers, towns, country.
  He knew their feelings. Though he added little to
  the form of the novel, he developed a much bolder
  description of sexual life than his predecessors
  had done.

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His art

• His choice of word, of details, is original,
  effective. He invented a language (symbolic and
  direct) in which sexual experience can be
  described. He had a rare eye (sensitive
  observation) for every movement in nature.

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His artsymbolism

• His characters inner qualities of human nature
  are often shown in the description of nature. For
  example, when Miriam watches a sunset with Paul,
  the description tells their relationship(to be
  continued)

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His artsymbolism

• She went to the fence and sat there, watching the
  gold clouds fall to pieces, and go in immense,
  rose-colored ruin towards the darkness. Gold
  flamed to scarlet, like pain in the intense
  brightness. Then the scarlet sank to rose, and
  rose to crimson, and quickly the passion went out
  of the sky. All the world was dark gray.
• Sons and Lovers

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His art color system of symbolism

• 1.Life, emotion,love bright colors such as red,
  scarlet, gold,etc.
• 2.lack of life, of emotion or love grey and
  light colors,

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The Horse Dealers Daughter(a short story)

• 1.The story is about the main woman character
  Mabel turning from death in life to life from
  death,which shows that peoples emotional life or
  love in life is very important.

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The Horse Dealers Daughter(a short story)

• 2.The girls attempt to drown herself in the pond
  is the pivotal moment in the story,in which her
  death in life turns to life from death.

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The Horse Dealers Daughter(a short story)

• 3.color symbols used in the story
• grey colors lack of emotion,lack of life or
  vitality
• red or warm colors emotion,life ,or revival of
  life