RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE

angels. They are most likely to be two demons. Tom's speech
may also be taken ironically because what Tom says becomes a
motive for the mockery of his relatives and also for
misunderstanding.
What can be inferred from this is that Tom is
the only one who really believes in the 'balance' of a union
between man and woman.
His relatives mock the notion because
their marriages are false. Tom's is the exception. What then
about Will and Anna?
If Tom is the exception among several false
marriages, his daughter and son-in-law might not attain the
'balance of the angels'.
The question is to be answered in the
day-to-day relation of the couple.
It is important to observe that Will and Anna go away from
the Marsh farm to live in a cottage in Cossethay.
They grow
apart from the life in Marsh farm.
The rural life is replaced
by a more detached urban life. It is the decadence of Tom's
balanced rural society.
The chapter that describes the honeymoon and early life of
Anna and Will Brangwen summarizes in its title the course of the
marriage: "Anna Victrix" leaves no doubt to the reader of who is
the winner or the dominant figure in the couple's relation.
The couple's honeymoon marks a new stage in the development
of the second generation of Brangwens.
Now the story shifts its
focus to the woman and the man separately.
In the Tom and Lydia
section the tendency is not to discuss the couple's
individualities: there, the emphasis is on the couple's
differences so as to get to their achieved balance. Anna and
Will's section presents their 'togetherness' in the honeymoon and
their complete separateness when they become used to each other.
The honeymoon is the discovery of sex as a means to mutual