RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE

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purposes succeeded.
The end of the novel proves the theory
that Lawrence's female is still a strong soul and someone who
is not lost and, therefore, not prepared to submit.
As for the
two men, the separate embodiment of soul and body, the only
thing which Lawrence could attain was still the separation of
these two entities of the self. In allegorizing RamSn as the .
soul and the little Cipriano as the body, the author still
persists in the idea of the superiority of the soulful and shows
his early preference for Calvinistic young men like Paul Morel
rather than dark, sensual men like Walter Morel.
The latter is
still inferior.
Also Lawrence could not reconcile father and
son in these terms.
The one who represents the soul is always
superior to the one who is pictured as the body.
Finally, the
only element of partial success is the man-to-man friendship.
Here, it seems that Lawrence has apparently proved to win his
inner struggle with his homosexuality.
In Ramon and Cipriano's
ritual of bloodbrotherhood Lawrence could unite his soul with
his body.
However, as I have already pointed out, this union
is somewhat curious because soul and body belong to different
people.
And no one can guarantee the perpetuation of the
friendship due to Ramon's marriage to Teresa.
Homosexuality
was and still is a subject of darkness.
In daylight the valid
relationship is still seen between man and woman.
Thus, the
problem of Women in Love (marriage "balanced" by Blutbrtiderschaft)
goes on, pretty much unresolved.
The basic problem has not
changed, only Lawrence has become hysterical, and sicker.
The main proof for Lawrence's insecurity in this issue of
homosexuality is that soon after he finished The Plumed Serpent,
he had a nervous breakdown and in his recovery he started his
'peace with the female' in Lady Chatterley.
And in this book the