Lawrence's Pursuit of Invisibility: with Special Reference to Ursula

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Lawrence's distrust of humanity is already shown in the letter to J.M.Murry in 1917, where he thinks "One is happy in the thought only that transcend humanity." The Rainbow, Women in Love, Aaron's Rod, Kangaroo, The Plumed Serpent, The Man Who Died are in their respective manners pursuing the way to transcend humanity. Especially how to surmount individuality. His misanthropy is in that we are all too full of ourselves. In Women in Love, Birkin insists that Ursula should be invisible. Ursula is depicted differently from Gudrun or Hermione, who are both too individualistic to be invisible. Ursula comes to understand Birkin's world, but cannot live in his sphere. Kate, in The Plumed Serpent, is more experienced in life and nearer to Birkin, which enables her to accept Ramon's idea of intermediateness. The priestess, in The Man Who Died, is superior in invisibility to Ursula or Kate, because she even has no name which indicates worldliness. Individuality is attained in the priestess. This parer discusses how the problem of overcoming individuality is pursued in the latter novels following Women in Love.
2010-03-05