The Lady Chatterley's Lover

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Critical Response: Lady Chatterley’s Lover

The themes of sexual intimacy and progression are common in this novel, which sometimes appears pleasant and sometimes reflects an over exaggerated sense. Connie which is the central character of this novel is a woman who has witnessed things differently around her. She has observed people appreciating sensual and passionate aspects of the relationship. She is constantly been guided by her father, Sir Malcolm who advise her daughter that living in a relationship without sensuality is nothing just a waste of your imagination and intellect. Her father is totally aware of her imaginative and corporeal sides, therefore he urges her to find a companion with whom she can relate to. Lawrence connects conservatism with that of displeasing sexual customs. Being a woman she idealizes the cohesion between her thoughts and how her body drives him. Todd writes that the character of Lawrence appears indifferent to sexual customs, as she finds cohesion between body and mind ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"Xy3piBgL","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Todd)","plainCitation":"(Todd)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":915,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/ZQJJUIMU"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/ZQJJUIMU"],"itemData":{"id":915,"type":"article-journal","title":"Lady Chatterley's lover and the Attic orators: the social composition of the Athenian jury","container-title":"The Journal of Hellenic Studies","page":"146–173","volume":"110","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"Lady Chatterley's lover and the Attic orators","author":[{"family":"Todd","given":"Stephen"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1990"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Todd).

In presenting the sexual intimacy and desires for sexual pleasing oneself, Lawrence appears taking a long literary approach ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"GwVwxHKa","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Plotz)","plainCitation":"(Plotz)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":917,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/M53KZS4M"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/M53KZS4M"],"itemData":{"id":917,"type":"article-journal","title":"Secret Garden II; or Lady Chatterley's Lover as Palimpsest","container-title":"Children's Literature Association Quarterly","page":"15–19","volume":"19","issue":"1","source":"Google Scholar","author":[{"family":"Plotz","given":"Judith"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1994"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Plotz). He has presented the feelings of sexual attraction bypassing many other progressions. For example, he presents Connie as first indulged in her own self, then her father makes her aware about wasting her intellectual capabilities and finally Lawrence makes Connie fall in love with a child. This approach adopted by Lawrence appears trespassing the natural instincts of the human body. For the purpose of stretching a literary debate, it appears feasible, but this cannot make the novel a reflection of how nature would have reacted in this plot. There are also some areas in the novel which takes over the sexual progression to heights. It portrays the sense of overemphasis on a single thing, which might appear unpleasant to some readers.

The readers learn after reading this novel, that each theme is attached to sex. For example, the other two characters Mellors and his wife Bertha have issues over how to behave on the bed. His wife complains that Mellor is so ruthless on the bed and don't care for her desires. Moynahan argues that after reading this part of the novel one could argue that Lawrence himself appears favoring the submissive roles of women ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"gtkeFgEH","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Moynahan)","plainCitation":"(Moynahan)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":919,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/UK8AH83U"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/UK8AH83U"],"itemData":{"id":919,"type":"article-journal","title":"Lady Chatterley's Lover: The Deed of Life","container-title":"ELH","page":"66–90","volume":"26","issue":"1","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"Lady Chatterley's Lover","author":[{"family":"Moynahan","given":"Julian"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1959"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Moynahan). After presenting these characters Lawrence portrays what feminism for him is. He has portrayed it after presenting the character of Bertha. Lawrence has actually talked here about how feminist takes sex, or how they want to actually perform on bed. Many argue that this part of the novel would have been different it was written in today’s time ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"oibUd1nU","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Trotter)","plainCitation":"(Trotter)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":921,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/Q7D9M4YF"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/Q7D9M4YF"],"itemData":{"id":921,"type":"article-journal","title":"Techno-Primitivism: Á Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover","container-title":"Modernism/modernity","page":"149–166","volume":"18","issue":"1","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"Techno-Primitivism","author":[{"family":"Trotter","given":"David"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2011"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Trotter). Lawrence's approach towards the conventions of sex and how the roles of men and women in doing this hardly appear progressive. In this same manner, Lawrence has taken over the theme of sex in each part of the novel.

There are many reasons for being critical of this novel. For example, it goes somehow against what nature presents to us. The sexual intimacy presented by Lawrence here is totally different from the natural instincts of human beings. Also, there will be hardly any couple who had been that much bad in their personal affairs, as to how Lawrence has presented that. This novel also diverges the mind of readers. Neither it presents a total literary sense and nor it presents a total exciting read. He has kept the reader attached by employing nominal tricks as like the sexual intimation theme. He has, in fact, tried to bind together both the physical and intellectual work together, which has resulted in an absurd taste. In doing so, he has lost the glamour of men and women both.

Works Cited:

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Moynahan, Julian. “Lady Chatterley’s Lover: The Deed of Life.” ELH, vol. 26, no. 1, 1959, pp. 66–90.

Plotz, Judith. “Secret Garden II; or Lady Chatterley’s Lover as Palimpsest.” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1, 1994, pp. 15–19.

Todd, Stephen. “Lady Chatterley’s Lover and the Attic Orators: The Social Composition of the Athenian Jury.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 110, 1990, pp. 146–173.

Trotter, David. “Techno-Primitivism: Á Propos of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” Modernism/Modernity, vol. 18, no. 1, 2011, pp. 149–166.