Friday, March 18, 2011

"The Horse Dealer's Daughter" by D.H Lawrence

The following are the characters and their characteristics portrayed in the story.

Mabel  sister of the three men...a loner..aware of her own self worth: she feels she is subject to the Dr. Fergusson  because he took time to care for her

Joe  the oldest brother: without a sense of direction: felt her had control over the others. After the death of the mother, he feels he must protect the family.

four horses: two named  one the groom : the head of the group and cavalcade middle

Fred Henry: the second brother...one not to be controlled...self minded

Malcom : the youngest of the brothers

Dr. Fergusson: hired assitant

2 comments:

  1. Do you really think Mabel was really aware of her self-worth?
    I feel if she would have been then she would not have tried to kill herself when she thought there was nothing left for her. She also would not have fallen for the first guy that paid her a little bit of attention.

    To me it seemed like she had always dealt with her brother's belittling her and she must of had a very low self esteem from this.

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  2. I agree with your comment, I don't think Mabel was aware of her self worth, specially because she tried to commit suicide.

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