Significance of Symbolism in D. H. Lawrence

In most of D.H. Lawrence’s major novels, the symbolic aspect is much more important than the psychological. The influence of the Russian novel, particularly Dostoevsky, and the emergence of psychoanalysis leads to the triumph of the symbolic mode in Lawrence. He uses it to reveal the unconscious states through which his characters pass in progression from Sons And Lovers to Lady Chatterley’s Lover. From The Rainbow onwards symbolism becomes his inevitable tool of expression. This paper tries to analyse the symbolic aspect in Lawrence’s works.