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Men & Women Relationship in Sons & Lovers. Sons & Lovers is the first modern portrayal of a phenomenon that becomes easily recognizable as the Oedipus complex. D.H.  Lawernce may have written this novel on the basis of Oedipus complex theme but the true purpose lies somewhere else. Through the complex & multi layered plot & structure of this novel writer wants to reveal the dynamic psychological relationships of men & women. The men & women relationships of the novel are overshadowed by suspicion & sorrow divisions & ambiguities because they are engaged in an intricate network of intimacies which are generally untrue & unnatural. The novel is about the relationship between Gertrude or Mrs. Morel & her children, particularly her three sons, borne out of her disastrous marriage with Mr. Morel. There are three basic types of relationships that can be figured out. They are the relationship of Mrs. Morel with her sons, the...

THE THEME OF OEDIPUS COMPLEX IN D. H. LAWRENCE’S SONS AND LOVERS By Lisbern Shawn Fernandes, EG-1913, MA-II,EGO122 (D.H. Lawrence as a Novelist) Oedipus Complex was postulated by Sigmund Freud - it is a complex of emotions whereby a child develops an unconscious sexual desire for his mother and secretly wishes to eliminate his father. Lawrence’s novel Sons and Lovers deals with this complex and it forms one of the themes. However, Lawrence’s treatment of this complex is problematized in order to create a dramatic effect. The novel is about the relationship between Gertrude or Mrs. Morel and her children, particularly her three sons, borne out of her disastrous marriage with Mr. Morel. Although it is a love marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Morel, their marriage starts to go down the hatch, no sooner than later Mrs. Morel finds Mr. Morel incompetent to be a good husband to her. She is aghast at her drinking habits, squandering his earnings and loitering with his friends. ...