RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE

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ended with the death of Tom and, after that, Lydia somehow
returns to her previous unknown self, individual in herself.
With Tom's death Lawrence makes his characters again start from
scratch.
The example of Tom and Lydia's balance is too weak,
therefore, to be taken into account.
As for the second
generation, Ursula's parents do not achieve a strong sense of
fulfilment.
Their 'balance' is false chiefly because it is
based on a relation of dominance of the female over the male.
The 'fatal female' in Anna destroys the individuality of Will as
accounted for by her (or their) disrespect for her husband. Anna
assumes the man's role in the business of the home.
Their
meeting does not contain an equilibrium between soul and body.
The only possibility for them to be 'equals' is in their obsession
with sex.
Both man and woman are like monomaniacs in their
marriage. They seek for nothing apart from sex. Ursula, in her
generation, is the one who must explore the world in order to
painfully discover the seeds of human fulfilment.
However,
instead of fulfilment, all she is able to find is disillusionment.
First in her love for her father: she soon discovers that Will's
love is a dangerous one (see the chapter called "The Child").
Her second disappointment refers to her first lover, Skrebensky,
who fails her. He is not a 'son of God' who would help her to
know life. While Ursula is a strong female connected with the
white power of the moon. Skrebensky is only a poor shadow
disconnected from the word 'being'.
Ursula 'destroys' him and
is unfulfilled. .Thirdly, she falls in love with her schoolteacher
Winifred Inger.
The homosexual affair only serves to
show Ursula the corrupted side of society.
Winifred makes a
perfect match with Ursula's uncle Tom.
Both are representatives
of corruption since they praise the machine instead of the human