RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE

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black hair, which he wore rather long and brushed
sideways, dropping over his forehead (p.200 - My
underlining).
The first implication of this embrace is that Ramon, as the
soul, is in a superior position to Cipriano.
This is explained
by the two men's features: Ramon is tall and Cipriano is
embarassingly small.
Also as the soul, Ramon occupies a higher
position than Cipriano as the body.
There is a clear idea that
Ramon looked down at the other man and this stresses his
inferiority.
the master.
The second implication is that of dependence on
Cipriano looks at Ramon with a 'childlike' look.
Ramon can be seen as the father with whom the son wants to be
identified.
the father.
Cipriano, as the son, looks for himself in Ram5n,
Third, there is the idea of Cipriano looking for
protection in Ramon as when he wants to hide himself in the other
man.
This may imply his dependence on Ramon and perhaps a
certain fear that other people (Kate and Carlota) perceive that
he is not what he seems to be.
Cipriano's eyes betray the quality of his attachment to
Ramon. In watching him, Cipriano would feel love, fear, trust
and incomprehension.
The last element, incomprehension, may be
understood by the fact that Cipriano cannot understand Ramon's
language because it is not the language of the body but the
language of the mind.
Also there is the idea that when one
cannot defeat his/her enemy one then must join him/her.
This is
exactly what happens to Cipriano: "He was always testing Ramon,
to see if he could change him.
When he found he couldn't, then
he submitted, and new little fires of joy sprang upon him" (p.
210).
It can also be said that this relation of dependence