An Exploration of Marital Strife in D.H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow

Abstract

David Herbert Lawrence is an original and a remarkable creative thinker who has made significant contribution to the development of the English novel. In The Rainbow Lawrence deals with the conflicts and the battle of sexes on an almost epic scale. He usually sees human relationship as a form of conflict and explores love and hatred, attraction and repulsion, quarrels and reconciliation inherent in a relationship. The crux of the novel revolves around the three generations of the Brangwen family who have settled for many generations in the valley of the Erewash. The research paper attempts to elaborate the various quarrels, tensions and adjustments present in the generation. The Brangwens of each generation are by nature stubborn and energetic, self -reliant, and aggressive.