In his theory of psychoanalysis, Freud introduced the term “Oedipus complex” also called “Mother fixation” according to the Ancient Greece and Rome mythology in which Oedipus who killed his father and married his mother to designate a boy’s strong love for and attachment to his mother and consequent jealousy and hatred towards his father. Unconsciously the boy may even nourish a desire to kill his father and marry his mother. This is a crucial stage in the normal psycho-sexual developmental process, and those who fail to pass the stage will be unable to establish a normal man-woman relationship when they grow up. After introducing the origin and understanding of Mother Fixation, the thesis points out that D. H. Lawrence, together with his works, especially Sons and Lovers, is a specific evidence of the Oedipus complex. In the traditional Chinese family culture，combining with some of the special relationship of the sons and mothers and the conflicts between the mothers and daughters-in-law they reveals the phenomenon and essence of Mother Fixation. The thesis firstly explains the understanding and analyzes the study status of Mother Fixation at home and abroad. Secondly, it gets evidence of Mother Fixation from the lifetime of Lawrence. Finally, it analyzes the work sons and loves. With the depiction of wars between the dramatis personas Mrs. Morel and the lovers of her son Paul, psychological dependence and the abnormal love of the mother and son, the ambivalence and the tragedy of the dramatis personas, it reveals to us that how Mother Fixation injure the body and soul of people.
Key Words
Mother Fixation; psychological dependence; specific evidence; abnormal love
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Key Words.........................................................Ⅰ
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Introduction.......................................................1
Ⅰ.The Understanding of Mother Fixation............................2
A. The Origin of Mother Fixation................................2
B. Analysis of Mother Fixation..................................2
C. Foreign Studies of Mother Fixation...........................3
D. Domestic Studies of Mother Fixation..........................4
Ⅱ.D.H.Lawrence....................................................4
A. The Experience of D.H.Lawrence...............................4
B. The Witness of Mother Fixation...............................5
Ⅲ.Sons and Lovers.................................................6
A. Main Contents of Sons and Lovers.............................6
B. Mother Fixation..............................................7
1. Wars between Mrs. Morel and the Lovers of Her Son.........7
2. Abnormal Love.............................................9
3. Conflicts of the Dramatic Personas........................11
4. Tragedies of the Dramatic Personas........................12
Conclusion.........................................................14
Acknowledgements...................................................15
Bibliography.......................................................16
