RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE

to see so much of them at the first view.'(p.126)
Walter also does not like the photo: "'H'mi 'Er's a bright
spark, from th1 look on 'er, an1 one as wunna do him owermuch
good neither...'" (ibid.).
The girl can be compared to Morel.
To a certain extent,
she is. worse than he:. ,
For one thing, Morel is a humble man who
does not disguise his ignorance. Neither does he pretend to be a
'gentleman’.
He is entirely dominated by his wife in all senses:
his money, his ignorance, his (hidden) tenderness, etc.
Gypsy,
on the other hand, is supposed to be a 'lady' and it is she.
who
dominates William by means of sex (that is all they have) and
money (since she comes to live under his expenses).
The only
characteristic which she shares with her father-in-law is in what
refers to mind: both are narrow-minded characters.
They are
completely illiterate.
They are unable to read.
They cannot tolerate any piece of writing.
A great difference between these twin-
marriages is that Morel is a miner, and Gypsy is a well-dressed,
ambitious girl. She tries to look like a lady. Morel cannot do
the same.
This perhaps explains my point in saying that William
is the heir of his parents' same behavior before getting married:
Gypsy looks like a lady (Mrs Morel)
but is illiterate (Mr Morel).
The problem is that William only discovers this feature in 'Gyp'
when it is too late to stop the relationship.
This fact may be
accounted for by the idea that William subconsciously chooses a
girl that will not work out, thus he preserves the priority of
his link to his mother.
When William finally discovers the empty character of his
lover, he is already tied up by these powerful handcuffs:
they
are not married but they have a sexual life. How can a relationship
last under these circumstances? There must be something deeper