The main riddle of Women in Love consists in discrepancy between ' what seems to be intention ' and performance of the text. In the river of dissolution, Ursula and Birkin accomplish the ultimate love star eguilibrium, but Gudrun and Gerald cannot because of some ontological problems. The negative story of Gerald, nevertheless, has some mysterious power to magnetize the reader, and " fleurs du mal "represented by them are in full bloom throughout the work. The intent of this paper is to find out a reason for the discrepancy by trying a psychoanalytical approach based upon Freud's theory of life instincts [ Eros ] and death instincts [ Thanatos ]. In fact, a " psychopathological drama, " which Freud explains in " Ps ychopathic Characters on the Stage " is exactly what Lawrence tried to create in Women in Love. The novel is elaborately organized in expectation of the reader's unconscious reactions.

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Symbols are often more eloquent and can communicate deeper meaning than speech. From the ancient times to the present, people use many symbols which tell us their way of life, their culture and religion. Symbols play an important role in T. S. Eliot's works, however, the meanings of symbols Eliot treated in his early works completely changed compared with those used in his later ones. This defference clearly shows his psychological process. Referring to Jung's interpretation of symbols I tried to survey Eliot's spiritual pilgrimage from the ' World without God ' to the ' World with God ' !

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This paper represents a brief interpretive reading of D. H. Lawrence's short story called " The Thorn in the Flesh " with a case of desertion by a young Prussian soldier from the army as the main plot. The paper writer tries to get into the hero's mind and trace his mental growth from virgin boyhood through adulthood, in other words from " anal stage " through " phallic stage " in Freudian terms. Therefore, the paper can be considered as an attempt at a psychoanalytical understanding of Bachmann, a young soldier in his mental development with his case of acrophobia (" the thorn in the flesh ") as a point of key thematic interest. Although this paper writer tries to throw light on the psychological mechanism in the hero's mind with some valid observations in Freud's theories, D. H. Lawrence's view of life can be highlighted in this story once again in its thesis Omnia Vincit Amor.

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