Horse Dealer's Daughter
In D. H. Lawrence's "The Horse Dealers Daughter", the short story writer andnovelist depicts the struggles of a women who tries to deal with the collapse of herfamily and the non existent relationship between her and her brothers. We see themain character, Mabel, wanting to be loved by someone but is unable to find it as thestory takes place. As stated by Ford, "Lawrence uses a transparent, omniscientnarrator, a specific and natural local, clearly motivated characters, and complex,psychological conflicts...For the story to be dramatized realistically.(Ford 240) In the beginning of the story we learn that the main character Mabel is subjectto the constant ragging of her three brothers. "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" evensounds like the name of a fairy tale, and Mabel Pervin is a version of Cinderella. Sheis oppressed by her three brutish brothers, the prescribed number out of fairy tales. She does the dirty work in the household, cleaning up while they sit around and callher "the sulkiest bitch that ever trod." Mabel has no fairy godmother to transform herinto a princess. Instead, she must find her own salvation; her new life must beMabel is forced by her brothers to find a
Wholeheartedly or not the two profess their love for each other as they lay holding oneanother in Mabel's house. Like the exilesought by "the man who died," however, Mabel's attempted suicide seemsambiguously inspired. His failure to break away from the grip ofMabel leads us to believe that the answer to her question was not as absolute as hepreviously thought it would be. But her fear that he "can't want to love" her is unfounded. Her mother is the only person that she ever really looked up to and admiredso she always goes to the graveyard to pay her respects. "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" has no irony, and yet it too is open-ended. new place to live as the brothers are leavingthe estate after their family has lived their for so long. Fergusson to valiantly jump into the pond after Mabel disregarding the fact thathe can not swim as well as the putrid odor of the water. Her desire for death is perversely, a desire for life-in which"fulfillment" and "glorification" loom larger than mere escape. The "portentous" eyes were intent on death,and death plays a major part in this story of the triumph of life. Mabel's attempt to drown in the pond is snatched from heras the watchful eye of Dr.
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