David Herbert Lawrence is one of the few male modernists who remain controversial in literary criticism even now.The major point of debate about him is his outlook on women and the relation between the two sexes. This article,through a careful survey of his major novels and short stories, explores a wide range of oppressive female characters that he created and his deep insight into women's existence. Rather than simply demonize women in his fiction, D.H. Lawrence intends to reveal to the reader that women's will to serve, to sacrifice, and to be adored may well evolve into a strong desire to manipulate and monopolize their men. In response the author repeatedly advocates and eulogizes a relationship of spiritual separateness in balance with physical union between the sexes.
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