Author(s)

Liu Zhao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010010, China

Corresponding Author

Liu Zhao

ABSTRACT

Influenced by Freudian psychology, the famous short story The Rocking-Horse Winner by D. H.Lawrence shows Oedipus Complex in a hidden structure. This story is about a little boy named Paul who wants to earn money by riding rocking horse to know the winner in the horse-races. The reason he does so is to stop the noise in the room and make his mother happy. The poor boy finally dies of exhaustion. The expressions, reasons and the influences of this distorted relationship between mother and son are described by Lawrence with his typical symbolism. He reflects complicated relationships between people caused by money and social status.

KEYWORDS

D. H. Lawrence, The rocking-horse winner, Oedipus complex, Interpersonal relationship

CITE THIS PAPER

Liu Zhao, Oedipus Complex in D. F. Lawrence's the Rocking-Horse Winner. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2021) 3: 45-51. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2021.030810.

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