OnPaulMorel’sDeformedLoveinSonsandLovers

In the end,with Mrs.Morel's slow death,we find that the closest and mostmeaningful bond is held between mother and son.The novel is notable for being thefirst English novel to be genuinely working-class in origin and focus.This bookhas been regarded by critics as a brilliant illustration of Freud's theory ofOedipus complex.II Deformed Love-The Love Between Paul and His MotherA.Oedipus Complex and the Effect ion of Oedipus Complex in Sons and LoversOedipus complex is a Freudian term originating from a Greek tragedy,in which KingOedipus unknowingly killed his father and married his mother.1According to Freud's psychosexual development theory,children are born withpowerful sexual urges.From 3 to 5,they become especially aware of the differencesbetween themselves and members of the opposite sex.In this period,a child becomesa rival for the affections of the parent of the opposite sex.The boy wants to winhis mother for himself,so he tends to be hostile to his father.The girl does exactlythe opposite.However,neither the parent nor their children are aware of this.Itis an unconscious process.In Sons and Lovers,Paul is the main character of Oedipus Complex.Paul hates hisfather.When he was a child,he often prays the God make his father die.When hegrows up,he even treats his father with fists.Paul loves his mother.When was alittle boy,he was closer with the mother than other children in the family.Whenhe became a young man,he falls in love with Miriam.But his hearts and spirit arecontrolled by his mother.One day,he dates with Miriam and he arrives home late.His mother is so angry.At that time,he thinks he betrayed his mother.He alwaystells his mother that he will not marry forever because he wants to be with his mother.When he mother die,he even cried and called his mother "love".Paul's wordsand his behavior show that how he loves his mother and who his mother is in his heart.B.Paul's love to his mother and Mother's love to sonsPaul,who is the third child of Mrs.Morel,is more delicate and quiet than any otherchildren with his pale faces,and looks older than the other children at the sameage.So his illness tends to further his mother's love upon him still more.He isvery conscious of what other people feel,particularly his mother.When she frets,he can understand her,and can't keep himself calm at the same time;his attentionseems always to be centralized to her.Paul's passions upon his mother and the mother's upon him are quietly mutual.Whenhe is together with his mother,his love spews like a fountain,and his inspirationflashes like a flame.Both the flowers he plucks and the rewards he gets are to bedevoted to his mother,only for herself.They tell each other their feelings fromtheir innermost world,and share the happiness and grievance with each other.Thiskind of emotion which excesses the normal one between mother and son reaches a climaxwhen Mr.Morel (Paul's father)is in hospital as a work accident.For example,he even says to his mother with joy:"I'm the ma