SONS & LOVERS

By D.H.Lawrence
 ABOUT "SONS & LOVERS"
Sons and Lovers is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence (regarded as
Lawrence finest achievements).
Sons and lovers is a primarily study of human relationships.
The roots of Sons & lovers are located in Lawrence's life.
Paul is the main character of the novel and has close relationship with his mother.
Just like Paul, Lawrence was also the younger son of his family. He and his mother
were very close and his father was violent.
 MAIN CHARACTERS
1. Morel ( Hard drinking, irresponsible collier father )
2. Mrs. Morel ( Unhappy mother living with her sons )

3. William ( Mrs. Moral's favorite son)

4. Paul ( Sensitive, devoted to his mother & Mrs. Moral's Son)
5. Annie ( Morel's only daughter )

6. Arthur ( Morel's youngest son, extremely handsome)

7. John field (Childhood friend of Mrs. Morel)
8. Miriam Leiver (Paul's first love)
9. Lilly (William's girlfriend)
 SETTING & THEME

• Sons and lovers is a novel that tells the story of a man living in
neighborhood "The bottoms" in mining town in Nottinghamshire,
who is emotionally connected to and influenced by his mother.

• He is unable to form lasting relationships whenever he encounters

other woman.
• Main theme of the novel is Oedipal Complex. It is a myth of a man
who is separated from his family and then he returns to kill his father
and be with his mother.
 SUMMARY
 The first part of novel focuses on Mrs. Morel & her unhappy married life with a drinking miner.
 Her eldest son, William was her favorite & she was upset that he got a job in London.
 William died, she got broken.
 Paul became the focus of her life & they both live for each other.
 Paul fell in love with Miriam Leivers
 Paul & Annie could not stand to see their beloved mother live in such pain. So, they killed their
own mother.
 Paul went to see Miriam, confessed that he had no desire nor any intention of marrying her.
 Paul contemplated suicide but finally returned home, thinking about the bond he shared with
her mother. Their love was still alive, even though she had died.
 POSITIVE IMPACTS OF SONS AND
LOVERS ON SOCIETY
Through this book the author wants to give us a positive message of love, hardship and
most of all family.
The positive impacts by D.H Lawrence in Sons and Lovers on society though characters:-
 By giving the example of William Morel, author wants to give the message of hard
work, goodwill, firmness and love your family and stand with them in the hardest time.
 Second, by giving the example of Gertrude Morel that whatever happens family is
first and love your family.
 Third, by giving the example of Paul Morel to always learn good from anyone but
adapting good follow the right path and stand for your family.
 Fourth, by giving example of Mr. Morel although there wasn’t any positive thing in him
but we can learn from him is to look after your family.
 The most important message from this novel is to make the right decisions in your life,
stand by them and work hard to achieve them.
NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF SONS AND LOVERS
ON SOCIETY
Though this book have positive impacts but it also have a negative impact on the society which is
as follow:-
 This novel’s theme is oedipal complex which considered bad in any society.

 Husband’s attitude with her wife and children.

 Being a mother having obsession over her child and hating his girlfriend and manipulating his
emotions.
 As a married woman having a physical relation give negative impact on society.
 CONCLUSION
 The son decides to leave his soul in his mother's hands, and, like his elder brother go for
passion.

 These sons are urged into life by their reciprocal love of their mother — urged on and on.

 The next son gets a woman who fights for his soul – fights his mother.

 But when they come to manhood, they can't love, because their mother is the strongest power
in their lives, and holds them.

 William gives his sex to a feeble, and his mother holds his soul.

 The son loves his mother – all the sons hate and are jealous of the father

 The son decides to leave his soul in his mother's hands, and, like his elder brother go for
passion.

 But, almost unconsciously, the mother realises what is the matter, and begins to die.
 MORAL
• The moral of the story in our perspective is that in this short span of our life we live
with different people and have different type of bondage with them but it doesn’t
mean that for the sake of one person we don’t make bondage with other because
human being are social animals and required each other support to spend their lives.
 POINT OF VIEW
 Sons and Lovers is told mostly from a third-person omniscient point of view, as the narrator has
access to the thoughts of the characters and moves back and forth in time while telling...
 Sons and Lovers is structured episodically. This means that the novel consists of a series of
episodes tied together thematically and by subject matter. Structuring the novel in this manner
allows Lawrence to let meaning accumulate by showing how certain actions and images repeat
themselves and become patterns. This repetition of actions and images is part of the iterative
mode. By using this mode, Lawrence can blend time periods, making it sometimes difficult to
know whether an event happened once or many times. Lawrence is using the iterative mode
when he uses words such as "would" and "used to."