Social And Psychological Characterism In Mrs. Lawrence's Sons And Lovers

Twentieth century is famously known for its industrial development which caused severe social and psychological problems because of the blind chase of material wealth. As far as the industrial civilization enters a critical phase, the faith of the Christians was swapped out from the pastoral or rustic living style resulting in a spiritual wasteland. This wasteland is important to be mentioned to demonstrate the damage of the human soul caused by the industrial development. Extreme anxiety and restlessness became the deadly modern disease and for the purpose of helping people to restore their faith in god as well as to make them tolerate the postwar trauma, many writers used their pens as weapons to fight against the social evils and iniquity used by the industrial civilization. Lawrence is also one of those writers who looked forward to the cure of this modern disease and through the depiction of the natural scenes in the novel Sons and Lovers, Lawrence implies the social, religious and …show more content…
Lawrence has attached the emotional and psychological feelings of the characters to the nature. The reflection of character’s emotions in the natural environment is called the ‘pathetic fallacy’. Characters in the novel Sons and Lovers breathe and live in the nature as we witness in the first chapter where “Mrs. Morel sick of the struggle with the poverty, ugliness and meanness.” She went into the front garden to calm herself through the aroma of the flowers and fading beautiful evening. Lawrence has referred to the sun, stars, moon, flowers, rivers farms and crops to the nature. To Mrs. Morel nature acts as a healing power as when she had a severe quarrel with her husband Mr. Morel. In chapter 1, we can see such a scene when Mr. Morel pushed his wife out of house after the quarrel between the