"Touch" in D.H.Lawrence

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Lawrence thinks that touching is to live in the deepest of life as part of the universe; for us to live really or wholly as humans is to enjoy what we are given intrinsically. There are many ways of touching in human life. Lawrence, however, attaches great importance to physical touch between man and man as well as man and woman as seen in the characters of such as Women in Love, The Blind Man, You Touched Me, The Plumed Serpent, Lady Chatterleys Lovers, The Man Who Died. Quite interesting is it that touch functions as a chance for them to transform themselves into other figures. All the protagonists become aware of "the greater way of life" through the warmth of bodily touch and acquire the greater self instead of the little self. The reason why he adheres to the bodily touch lies in that too much emphasis on intelligence or knowledge keeps people away one another. Lawrence regards this touch as a clue to get over the secluded individualism and reach a richer way of life.
2011-03-04