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Title: Sons and Lovers

Author: D. H. Lawrence

Synopsis: gertrude Morel, who was born of a seemingly well-to-do, English family, falls in love with a coal miner. However, she soon becomes disillusioned with her poor surroundings, her lack of money, and the abuse of her and her children by her husband. In a search for some sort of love, she places all her energy into loving her sons, Willam and Paul, and gaining there love in return. But, she soon finds them trying to break free from her as they themselves find love in other sorts.

Themes: No matter how hard one tries, one cannot keep things the way they are. They will always change.

Point of View: Omniscient

Characters/types: Mrs. Morel- Protagonist; Mr. Morel( her husband)- Antagonist/ foil; Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Morel(William, Paul, Arthur)

Figurative Language/literary devices: note extensive or unique uses as well as as describing the overall effect.

• Flashback- used greatly at the beginning; gives allows the reader to get an idea of the situations leading up to the situation at hand
• Foreshadowing- used often with William at first, then with Paul; gives the reader a sense that something is about to happen to the characters in the story

1. Which element was the most important to the development of the novel? Explain why. The most important element to te development of the novel was flashback, which allows the reader to understand how the people in the novel got to the situation they are now. It also helps the reader understand how Mrs. Morel ended up with a man such as Walter Morel.

2. Identify the elements of plot below. Justify your answer.

A. initial incident- The initial incident in Sons and Lovers Morels move to "The Bottoms." This is because Mrs. Morel gained the idea that her life was thus a waste and began her loathing of her husband.

B. climax- The climax was the death of William Morel. This is because Mrs. Morel realizes that she is losing what she loves and puts more force on the love of her other son, Paul.

3. Give an example of conflict. Identify the type of conflict and how it is / why it is not resolved. One conflict, which was an external conflict, was between Mr. and Mrs. Morel (p. 53) over whether Mrs. Morel would wait on Mr. Morel. It was resolved by Mr. Morel hitting Mrs. Morel on the head with a drawer then attempting to rectify the situation.

4. Give an example of irony from the novel. Identify the type and explain how or why it is ironic. One example of irony was that Walter Morel "seemed to her noble (p. 19)" because he worked in a mine when they first met, but his job later became the object of Mrs. Morel's hatred for him.

5. Identify a flashback from the novel and explain the effect of the use of this device. One flashback was the description of when Mrs. Morel met and married Walter (p. 17). This serves to show why Mrs. Morel ended up with Walter in the first place.

6. Give an example of foreshadowing from the novel. Explain the effect of the use of this device. One example of foreshadowing is in Chapter VI where William constantly says "She's very much in love with me now.- But if I died, she'd have forgotten me in three months." This foreshadows William's eventual death at the end of the Chapter and also gives the reader some idea that William knows his fate.

7. From what point of view is the story told? What effect does this point of view have on the reader? This story is told in the Omniscient point of view. This point of view gives the reader the ability to understand what the characters are thinking as they interact with others.

8. Describe the setting of the novel. The novel is set in "The Bottoms," a poor mining community in Eastwood in England around the turn of the century. Most of the novel is set in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morel which is a small corner home in "The Bottoms."

9. Identify two major characters from the novel. For each character: A. Identify the type. B. Give three quotes, with page numbers, which illustrates the character.

Character one: _Mrs. Morel______________________________

A. _Protagonist _______________________________________

B. _" In her person, she was rather small and delicate, with a __

___large brow and dropping bunches of brown silk curls."_

___"Her blue eyes were very straight, honest and searching."_

___"She had the beautiful hands of the Coppards (p.17)"____

Character two: _Walter Morel____________ _____________

A. ___Antagonist___________________________________

B. ___"Morel was then twenty-seven years old. He was well-setup,_

______erect and very smart."______________________________

_____"He had wavy, black hair that shone again, and a vigorous black_

______beard that had never been shaved."______________________

_____"His cheeks were ruddy, and his red, moist mouth was noticeable_

______because he laughed so often and so heartily (p.17)___________

10. Give a one sentence statement of theme for the novel.

No matter how one tries, no one can make things stay the same.

11. Identify one symbol from the novel and explain the symbolism. The darkness of the Nottinghamshire mines was symbolic of the emptiness that Gertrude felt in Nottinghamshire.

12. Identify one allusion from the novel and explain the allusion. One allusion was on page 137 where Paul alluded to Idylls of the King to describe the beauty of Connie.

13. Identify six different types of figurative language or literary devices used in the novel. For each type: A. Identify type. B. Give a quote with page number. C. Explain the effect.

1. A._Foreshadowing____________________________________________________

B. "She's very much in love with me now.- But if I died, shed'd have forgotten me in three

months (p.163)."__________________________________________ ____ ______

C. Shows that William was anticipating his death______________________________

2. A._Flashback _________________________________________________________

B. "When she was twenty three years old she met, at a Christmas party a young man from___

___the Erewash Valley (p.17)."_______________________________________________

C. _Tells of when Gertrude Morel met Walter Morel._________________________________

3. A._Allusion__________________________________________________________________

B. __"You remind me of Elaine in the Idtlls of the King (p.137)."____________________

C. __Paul was describing one of his friends by alluding to a book he read.______________

4. A._Metaphor__________________________________________________________________

B. __"The chill flowers fell on her neck (p.279)."_____________________________________

C. _The author is using common things like flowers and chill to show the nervousness that Connie feels_

___at the time._______________________________________________________________