Relationship b/w Paul And His Mother

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Q) Critically analyse the relationship between Paul and his mother, Mrs Morel, in D.H Lawrence’s novel ‘Sons and Lovers’? A) Sons and Lovers has the great distinction of being very solidly based upon a veritable commonplace of our emotional life, it deals with a son who loved his mother too dearly, and with a mother who lavished all her affection upon her son. In the opening chapter Mrs. Morel is expecting her third child, the boy Paul, who is to become the central figure of the story. Her life with her husband has already turned out to be a complete fiasco. At the time of the birth of her third child the breach is already irreparable. Mrs. Morel dreads the coming of another child, conceived unwillingly out of a loveless relation, and at the sight of it a sense of guilt steals over her. Towards Paul she feels, as to none of the other children, that she must make up to him for an injury or a sin committed by her and that he must recompense her for all that she has missed in her shattered love for her husband. All the early formative influences in Paul's life radiate from his mother. Physically he is more delicate than the other children so that his illnesses tend to further her concentration upon him still more. Paul is a "pale, quiet child" who seems "old for his years" and "very conscious of what other people felt, particularly his mother. When she fretted he understood, and could have no peace. His soul seemed always attentive to her." The early relations between mother and child are full of a delicate and poetic charm. Paul's admiration for his mother knows no bounds; her presence is always absorbing. Often, at the sight of her, "his heart contracts with love." Everything he does is for her, the flowers he picks as well as the prizes he wins at school. When Morel is confined to the hospital through an accident in the mine, Paul joyfully plays the
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