Emotions And Symbolism In The Horse Dealer's Daughter

In” The Horse Dealer 's Daughter”, Written by D H Lawrence, Mabel and Dr. Fergusson share complexity based on emotions and behavior all through the story, and this consequently allows them to change in terms of character. The development of character they attain prompts changes upon their mentality, personality, and emotions because of this unknown situation they have been involved in. Having done so, many people see Mabel’s character development as a raging way to escape from the world she had long been dead in, and Which later encourages her to turns to Dr. Ferguson to fulfill the emptiness.This helps her revive the old feelings her mom had once shared with her; consequently, Dr. Ferguson allows himself to reinforce his feelings about …show more content…
As the author continues, he describes the character and conveys a depressing tone, allowing the story to develop suspense. This tone and symbolism is clearly displayed in the interaction between Mabel and Dr. Fergusson in the pond. In this scene, a major interaction is presented between Dr. Fergusson and Mabel. We can describe it as the turning point of emotional development. “As he stirred he could smell the cold, rotten clay that fouled up into the water” (570/112). In this instance of the story, Mabel feels dead in a world where she can’t find a way to reprieve herself from the internal conflict she is dealing with, which leads her to attempt to commit suicide. Its clearly conveyed by her depressing tone, that death is the only way she can escape from reality and feel at peace with herself. Dr. Fergusson’s major interaction comes when he decides to help Mabel, and save her from dying. The theme of rebirth is clearly displayed by this interaction between Dr. Fergusson. This is because we can see that he not only brings Mabel back from death physically but, most importantly emotionally. This gives her desire to reborn emotions that she had never felt before toward a …show more content…
Fergusson both share a complex character that is driven by their internal conflicts and feeling toward their life situation. This, can be derived from the symbolic theme of death and rebirth. All throughout the story the symbolism of death and rebirth, and helps us to understand the change in behaviors and emotions that prompts their interaction development. We can see this by how Mabel allows herself to feel alive and feel joy in a place where described as worse than death. How it helped Dr. Fergusson to reborn himself from a dead world he felt bound to, and allowing his emotions to feel