full title Sons and Lovers author D.H.Lawarence type of work novel genre Its an atobiographical novel in two parts. In the period of his mother's illness,viewing her as a 'clever, ironical, delicately moulded woman' — and her apparently unfortunate marriage to his drinking father, an instability man. language English time and place written In 1908 in Nottinghamshire Lawerence began writing the novel Sons and lovers.He completed the novel in 1913, while mourning his mother's death and under yet another female influence date of first publication 1913 United Kingdom publisher Gerald Dckworth and company Ltd narrator because is an atobiographical book the narrator is Lawerence climax protagonist · antagonist setting (time) at the turn of the twentieth century setting (place) The village of Bestwood point of view All of the events are told of some third person (by the author) point of view. falling action tense past tese, present- tense the dlog between wife and drinking husbend, foreshadowing tone themes Lawrence demonstrates how contradictions emerge so easily in human nature, especially with love and hate. Paul vacillates between hatred and love for all the women in his life, including his mother at times. Often he loves and hates at the same time, especially with Miriam. Mrs. Morel, too, has some reserve of love for her husband even when she hates him, although this love dissipates over time. Indstrial live vs nature,class conflicts,
Motifs loves versus jealousy, social and romantic Symbols CHELP Sound off, GIN PITS Pits from which miners extract coal.
context plot overwiev In the rolling hills and coal-pitted fields of central England,known as the British Midlands, live the Morels, a poor miningfamily. The family has just moved down in the world from the nearby village of Bestwood to the Bottoms, a complex of working-class row houses. Gertrude Morel is a small,