RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE
RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE
267 stands for the wife. It is a homosexual marriage, though this is not explicitly stated by the author. However, things are not to be defined so easily: that is to say that if the two girls were happy with their life together, this analysis would have its end right here. The story is more complex. The life of the husband-and-wife girls is not so balanced. They have outer and inner problems. The former are simpler because they can be solved as soon as there are conditions for it. For example, the girls have troubles with their poultry and their fowls mainly because of the war which prevents them from buying food easily. The worst of all are the inner problems which are more difficult to solve for they sometimes take a long time to be solved. (and outer too) is brought by the war. The main inner problem It is the fox. Although the fox is only an animal, it is he who brings a set of conflicts to both girls, but especially to March. "Since the war the fox was a demon" (p.87). Indeed he is a demon for the outer problems he causes at the farm - stealing chickens - and for the conflict of identity he causes in March at the moment he appears in the farm. Since the very moment the fox is mentioned, he starts a kind of war boiling within the manly March and also between the girls. Lawrence first introduces the fox and then he says: Although [the.girls] were usually the best of friends, ... yet, in the long solitude, they were apt to become a little irritated with one another, tired of one another (ibid). Since March and Banford share their lives together it is natural they should have quarrels, be sharp with one another, etc. But, taking into account the second idea I mentioned, a brief sentence related to March - "she was a creature of odd whims and
unsatisfied tendencies" - I am tempted to say that these 'unsatisfied tendencies' are definitely related to March's unconscious desire to become female rather than to appear manlike. And the fox starts to awaken in her a deep desire to become female. The fox can be seen as the externalization, the projection of her 'animus' or male side, which 'fascinates' the female in her. Hitherto we can say that she did not objectify this self. And the fox, being a male animal, exerts a certain power over the girl. Observe how she behaves when the animal meets her: She lowered her eyes, and suddenly saw the fox. He was now looking up at her. Her chin was pressed down, and his eyes were looking up. They meet her eyes. And he knew her. She was spellbound - she knew he knew her. So he looked into her eyes, and her soul failed her. He knew her, he was not daunted (p.89 - My underlining). First of all, notice that March is spellbound despite the fact he is 'lower' than she. Secondly, notice that the action is all performed by the animal; March only behaves according to what the fox does. Why is she spellbound by him and why is she "determined to find him"? March is not looking for the animal, she is looking for a man. Someone who would awaken in her her femaleness. The male fox then becomes a dominant figure haunting her, making her uncomfortable, not able to think or act. To remedy the troubles caused in the farm, March could simply shoot the fox, but she cannot. She cannot kill the one who "somehow dominated her consciousness, possessed the blank half of her musing" (p.91). She cannot kill the one who will awaken the woman she is not able to discern in herself yet. Months and months pass without any change in her life and in her companion's. The only difference one notes, in March's behaviour is that
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267<br />
stands for the wife.<br />
It is a homosexual marriage, though this<br />
is not explicitly stated by the author.<br />
However, things are not to be defined so easily: that is<br />
to say that if the two girls were happy with their life together,<br />
this analysis would have its end right here.<br />
The story is more<br />
complex.<br />
The life of the husband-and-wife girls is not so<br />
balanced. They have outer and inner problems. The former are<br />
simpler because they can be solved as soon as there are<br />
conditions for it.<br />
For example, the girls have troubles with<br />
their poultry and their fowls mainly because of the war which<br />
prevents them from buying food easily.<br />
The worst of all are the<br />
inner problems which are more difficult to solve for they<br />
sometimes take a long time to be solved.<br />
(and outer too) is brought by the war.<br />
The main inner problem<br />
It is the fox. Although<br />
the fox is only an animal, it is he who brings a set of<br />
conflicts to both girls, but especially to March.<br />
"Since the war the fox was a demon" (p.87).<br />
Indeed he is<br />
a demon for the outer problems he causes at the farm - stealing<br />
chickens - and for the conflict of identity he causes in March<br />
at the moment he appears in the farm.<br />
Since the very moment<br />
the fox is mentioned, he starts a kind of war boiling within the<br />
manly March and also between the girls.<br />
Lawrence first<br />
introduces the fox and then he says:<br />
Although [the.girls] were usually the best of<br />
friends, ... yet, in the long solitude, they<br />
were apt to become a little irritated with one<br />
another, tired of one another (ibid).<br />
Since March and Banford share their lives together it is natural<br />
they should have quarrels, be sharp with one another, etc.<br />
But,<br />
taking into account the second idea I mentioned, a brief sentence<br />
related to March - "she was a creature of odd whims and
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