The Meaning of Abysmal Words in Women in Love

Abstract

Whether or not a prevailing atmosphere in Women in Love is disillusionment evokes criticism. It is because a protagonist of Lawrence or Birkin utters such depressive words as 'dissolution' and 'corruption', while describing northern Europeans' pathetic, fatal lives of Gerald and Gudrun. However, when Birkin quotes Helaklitus, an ancient Greek famous riddler another free way of life to a warm, rosy future seems to be predicted as well. In the final analysis Birkin's abysmal words like 'dissolution' or 'corruption' indicate regeneration of the 'next future'.