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  • Essay / No Reason to Ban Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence

    Lady Chatterley's Lover, written by DH. Lawrence was first published in 1928. The novel follows the story's protagonist, Lady Constance Chatterley. The story is about how this woman, trapped in a loveless and nearly barren marriage, finds emotional and physical love with the gamekeeper of her husband's estate. As a story about relationships between men and women, I find this book a very enjoyable read, but as Lawrence also uses this novel as a way to show his readers the evils of machines and capitalism, I sometimes find that it is lacking. Lawrence has two main themes in this book; first, the relationship between men and women and how they find love; second, industry versus nature. Both can be discussed to show how they are used to conveniently establish the theme of relationship, but not the secondary theme of industry versus nature. The main theme of Lady Chatterley's Lover is that of the relationship between men and women. Lawrence shows readers how you must have emotional and physical love together to have complete love. Through the example of Connie and Clifford's marriage, Lawrence shows the reader that although there is emotional love between the two, neither is fulfilled. Their relationship can be best summed up by a quote directly from this book: “Time was passing. Whatever happened, nothing happened. (19) Neither Connie nor Clifford have great love for each other, they seem to be just friends who live together. The idea of ​​a strictly physical love is briefly shown through Mellors and his marriage to his first wife. Although the two had a stable marriage based on physical love, it eventually deteriorated to the point that they lived apart. Bertha is in the middle of paper...between sex and love. Limiting and censoring books just so some can keep others in the dark. Works Cited1. Bloom, Harold (editor), Twentieth-Century British Literature Volume 3. Chelsea House: New York, 1986.2. Bryfonski, Dedria and Hall, Sharon K. (editors), Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Volume 2. Gale Research Company: Michigan, 19793. Lawrence, DH Lady Chatterley's Lover. 1928. New York: Grover's Press, 1959.4. Neruda, Pablo, “Luminous Solitude”, Memoirs. 1976. Included in British Literature of the Twentieth Century, volume 3.5. Nin, Anaïs. “Lady Chatterley's Lover” DH Lawrence: a non-professional study. (1932) 1940. Included in British Literature of the Twentieth Century, Vol. 3.6. Porter, Katherine Ann. “A crown for the gamekeeper”. Encounter. 1960. Included in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Vol.. 2.