RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND EQUALITY IN D. H. LAWRENCE

Therefore, he, a guiltless man, goes to live with a 'friendly
family'.
His unique bond with his family — his wife — does
not exist any more.
The house which meant his hell is empty. He
goes away. William is already dead. Annie has returned to her
ordinary life.
Arthur? The reader only knows he has come for her
burial. He was not so attached to the family after all. It means
nothing.
But, what about Paul? Is he finally free from his
mother's domination? No.
I would rather say that he is partially
free from Mrs Morel.
He still has a big road to cross...
Mrs Morel, throughout her married life, has struggled not
to be defeated so that she could demand from her family the sense
of success lacking in her frustrated choice in marrying the wrong
man.
Had she not been 'forced' to die because of her cancer and
because of the overdose of morphine Paul gave her, I am sure she
would have lasted as long as she could to force the family to
remain under her control.
She can be seen as that kind of person
who, though suffering the most horrible pains, is still able to
germinate evil seeds in the minds of the others.
Throughout her
life she has distilled in the conscience of her family, and more
specifically in Paul's, the poison of guilt and the inferiority
complex.
Through her poison she destroyed her life and that of
her husband, who has never been able to grow as human beings grow
as they get old.
She also destroyed William's life making him
feel guilty for having chosen a woman who was not like his mother,
and also she has contributed to Paul's near destruction.
I say
near due to the fact that he is the only one who is still able to
redirect his life taking another road which is not the same as
that one she tried to make him follow.
She destroyed Paul's relationship with Miriam because she
could not allow her beloved son to marry a woman who had the same