Feminism in DH Lawrences The Rocking Horse Winner
A Feminist Reading of D.H. Lawrence'sThe man that does not know sick women does not know women. "The Rocking Horse Winner" is the story of a boy's gift for picking the winners in horse races. An omniscient narrator relates the tale of a boy whose family is always short of money. His mother is incapable of showing love and is obsessed with the status that material wealth can provide. This paper will explore the premise that D.H. Lawrence presented the figure of the mother as the villain; a loathsome, unloving character with no commitment to genuine values. This evil mother figure will ultimately be the "male-destroyer" by turning her "nameless" husband away and, in essence, killing her young son, Paul. Hester, Paul's mother, is incapable of loving others. "Only she herself knew that at the center of her heart was a hard little place that could feel no love, no, not for anybody./ Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew. They read it in each other's eyes." (RHW) The mother is not only obsessed with money, but she is also irresponsible with the money she does get. When Paul arranges through his attorney to give her a thousand pounds a month from his winnin
" These male characters provide an enormous contrast for that of the evil mother. In fact, this earlier conversation that Paul has with his mother is a pivotal part of the story. Hester's heart turns into a stone because she embodies the wicked witch, the one who has the power to turn others into stone; to kill them with an inner selfishness and neglectful tendencies. " Every fairy tale, myth, or cartoon I can remember from my youth, all had people turning into stone when their eyes have feasted upon the wicked witch or possessed being. "God told me," he asserted, brazening it out. Then a cold and determined look came on her mouth. "The personification of the house clearly represents the embodiment of the mother. At the beginning of the story, it is stated that "at the center of her heart was a hard little place that could feel no love, no, not for anybody. "Mother, why don't we keep a car of our own? Why do we always use uncle's, or else a taxi?""Because we're the poor members of the family," said the mother. He learns through this conversation that luck is money, so he uses his luck to try and give her happiness. This villainous creature will still be unsatisfied and seek for something to fulfill her needs. I can't imagine what impact an exchange like this one might have on a young child.
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