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Unit 23: D.H. Lawrence — Sons and Lovers: Themes and Characterization

Pappleworth Notes
Pappleworth is Paul’s supervisor at Jordan’s.

Fanny

Fanny is a lively hunchback who works at Jordan’s.

Polly
Polly is a worker at Jordan’s whom Paul regularly has dinner with.

Connie

Connie is an attractive, redheaded worker at Jordan’s.

Louie

Louie is a facetious worker at Jordan’s.

Emma
Emma is an old, condescending worker at Jordan’s.

Mr. Heaton

Mr. Heaton is the clergyman who visits Mrs. Morel and becomes Paul’s godfather.

Dr. Ansel
Mrs. Morel’s doctor.

Jerry Purdy

Jerry Purdy is the friend of Morel’s.

John Field

John Field is childhood friend of Mrs. Morel’s.

23.2 Major Themes

Oedipus complex

Perhaps Sigmund Freud’s most celebrated theory of sexuality, the Oedipus complex takes its
name from the title character of the Greek play Oedipus Rex. In the story, Oedipus is prophesied
to murder his father and have sex with his mother (and he does, though unwittingly). Freud
argued that these repressed desires are present in most young boys. (The female version is
called the Electra complex.)

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