Exploring the Works of D.H. Lawrence Essay

The book starts out with an intricate explanation of the analytical mind. As that is our introduction; it floats into our narrator recounting his acquaintance with another named: C. Auguste Dupin, whom our narrator recalls was very fond of books; having met him at an obscure library in the Rue Montmartre, they were searching for the same unique text. This accidental meeting brought them closer together, seeing each other frequently. Our narrator is fascinated with his new friend 's’ family history, which he was told many times. And is enthralled by Dupin’s love of literature. It is then detailed how our narrator gives himself up to Dupin’s ‘flights of fancy,’ letting himself be sucked into a vortex of fey dreams. Prone to prowling the streets at night, conversing amongst themselves. He then praises his friend’s analytical inclination, his skills of observation proved by a little chat about a play and a fruiterer.

The expressions of the characters, caused by their surrounding, is also a factor that can alter the psychological traits in a character. The Man states “He does not trust his dreams, believing that they are "the call of languor and of death” (McCarthy 15).The man has a vivid

Friar Lawrence understands that sudden beginnings or choices have sudden ends. As these choices seem fine in the beginning but will end in the hands of evil or death.

Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu said, “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain was that type of leader. He led his troops by example and was revered by many as a highly respected Union officer. Compared to many soldiers whom fought in the American Civil War, Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain was an educated man. A scholar and professor at Bowdoin College, he entered the Union army as a Colonel one year prior to June 28, 1863. Chamberlain was the character I could most closely relate to because of the lifestyle that he undertook. His selfless acts of leaving a comfortable office job

A deeper level is achieved in the mind of the narrator when she acknowledges her own mental state and that she is eager to leave her sad mood. While the man is described as animal-like and savage, she stands “In moody sadness, on the giddy brink” (9) full of contemplation and reflection on her own worldview. The poet is quite self-aware while the lunatic is not, and through her intelligent banter, the reader can see the extreme difference in personality. The poet’s own self-conception, however, is ironic in that she is wishing for ignorance that can only be achieved by lack of a self-concept. The catch-22 she experiences is perplexing, both to her and the reader.

In D.H Lawrence’s novel The Rainbow the woman is faced with a situation: a lust for a different life. One that is not based on blood-intimacy like the ideals of her rural family. One that allowed her to face away from the pulsing heat of the sun and explore the “magic land” where men were dominant and creative. However, it is a dream that she may never achieve. Since he used literary devices such as Irony and juxtaposition, it allowed him to characterize the woman and capture her situation.

Throughout the book, the author Jack London was mentioned numerous times. Many of the excerpts from his writings were placed in the beginnings of the chapters. “London

Though the narrator has the full ability to see, he lacks the ability to connect to the world and to the people around him. He is described as an egotistical, superficial being who is very shallow in the way he views the people and events in his life. The man,

The poem talks about a man- an anonymous “he”- a perfectionist whose poetry was understandable and who, himself, understood “human folly” and the human psyche like “the back of his hand”. He was

Although the only description that the reader receives about Brother Lawrence comes from the ranting’s of the friar, he actually does not seem all that terrible. The figures of speech that Browning uses throughout the poem show the irony of the friar’s way of thinking. Since the friar is unaware of his psychotic thought process, he is unable to realize that the faults he associates with Brother Lawrence are

He sought to understand why man depends so dearly on the acknowledgement of others and how that culminates even more so in marriage—the closest partnership possible between a man and a woman. Lawrence focused on marriage in Sons and Lovers in order to discover how love and hate worked in forging and breaking the strongest of all worldly bonds. Love linked the pair together, and for most couples, it lasts for a lifetime. However, in order to study the nature of love and hate, Lawrence formulated the situation of Mr. and Mrs. Morel, who began as a loving couple and whose love dissipated when the wife began to love less. Oddly enough, Mrs. Morel still cared even in her hate for her husband, who abused her and their children—physically and verbally. In this case, love and hate issued similar actions of caring to Mrs. Morel. In her love, she cared for him, and similarly in her hate, she cared for him. Her hate had the chance to become love again due to its essential similarity of attraction to love. However, when apathy dominated Mrs. Morel, she neither cared now could love her husband anymore. As the essential opposite of love and hate, apathy allowed for piece-of-mind in an attempt for a wife to escape the reality of her husband—to make him a ghost. Since, humanity is based so much so on interaction, Ms. Morel stripped her husband of his

From the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, specifically from 1865 to 1915, America was changing from an agricultural society to an urban one. People were starting to move to the West and gender and racial inequality were increasing social issues. These, among other historical events influenced literary styles of the era such as realism, naturalism, frontier realism, regionalism and African American literature. Writers like Mark Twain, Jack London and W.E.B. Du Bois thrived in their writing during this era and captured perfectly what the people could relate to.

Lawrence has two main themes in this book; first, the relationship between men, women and how they find love; second, industry vs. nature. Both can be discussed to show how they are

also set up a tiny dye house in the basement and scullery of his house

Jack London, an American author known for his thrilling adventure stories, showed the world that even an exciting story that takes place in exotic settings can include all the intricacies of great literature. This is seen in many of his stories with the implementation of symbolism, many times a recurring theme in his work. Also, London used many ideas of the day such as Darwinism and Spencerism in his writings in order to better portray his views. However, perhaps one of the most telling signs that London wrote good literature was through London's mastery of a rising literary movement known as naturalism.