RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE

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relationships.
Yet, the partners are still divided between soul
and body and although certain critics, as Daleski, for example,
define this phase as the one in which the couples are in
equilibrium, still there is no balance.
One partner still
dominates the other.
The last phase shows the ascendence of the
"dark male", the sensual male, and the decline of the soulful
women, who are sacrificed to male supremacy.
However, the dark
male is still inferior and while the story seems to favor him,
rhetorically, it is not capped with his victory.
The soulful
woman is still stronger and fights against domination.
Therefore, the aim of this study is to show how the pattern
of conflict varies and shifts its focus in the various phases of
Lawrence's career.
The main conclusion will lead to the
awareness that in this author's opus there is no real balance
between the sexes: love is always seen as conflict that moves
through cycles of 'polarized flux'.
By the end of his career,
Lawrence still has doubts concerning which is the ideal partner,
a man or a woman.
Soul and body are still divided in the
fateful patterns laid down in Sons a:nd Lovers.