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CaseStudyOne“Tickets,please”byD.H.LawrenceABriefIntroductiontoD.H.LawrencePlotanditselementsAnAnalysisof“Tickets,please”DavidHerbertLawrence(11September1885–2March1930)•AnEnglishnovelist,poet,playwright,essayist,literarycriticandpainterwhopublishedasD.H.Lawrence.•borninEastwood,Nottinghamshire,England,in1885.•ThefourthchildofArthurJohnLawrence,abarelyliterateminer,andLydiaaformerpupilteacherwho,owingtoherfamily'sfinancialdifficulties,hadtodomanualworkinalacefactory.•LawrencespenthisformativeyearsinthecoalminingtownofEastwood.•Hisworking-classbackgroundandthetensionsbetweenhisparentsprovidedtherawmaterialforanumberofhisearlyworks.•LawrencewouldreturntothislocalityandoftenwroteaboutnearbyUnderwood,callingit;thecountryofmyheart,“asasettingformuchofhisfiction.Lifeandcareer•TheyoungLawrenceattendedBeauvaleBoardSchool(1891-1898),laterNottinghamHighSchool.•Heleftin1901,workingforthreemonthsasajuniorclerkatHaywood'ssurgicalappliancesfactory,butasevereboutofpneumonia,reportedlytheresultofbeingaccostedbyagroupoffactorygirls,endedthiscareer.•1902to1906,LawrenceservedasapupilteacherattheBritishSchool,Eastwood.•Hewentontobecomeafull-timestudentandreceivedateachingcertificatefromUniversityCollege,Nottingham,in1908.•Duringtheseearlyyearshewasworkingonhisfirstpoems,someshortstories,andadraftofanovel.•Attheendof1907hewonashortstorycompetitionintheNottinghamGuardian,thefirsttimethathehadgainedanywiderrecognitionforhisliterarytalents.•Lawrencewasarebelliousandprofoundlypolemicalwriterwithradicalviews,whoregardedsex,theprimitivesubconscious,andnatureascurestowhatheconsideredtheevilsofmodernindustrializedsociety.•Tremendouslyprolific,hisworkwasoftenuneveninquality,andhewasacontinualsourceofcontroversy,ofteninvolvedinwidely-publicizedcensorshipcases,mostfamouslyforhisnovelLadyChatterley'sLover(1928).•Besideshistroubleswiththecensors,LawrencewaspersecutedaswellduringWorldWarI,forthesupposedpro-Germansympathiesofhiswife,Frieda.•Asaconsequence,theLawrencesleftEnglandandtraveledrestlesslytoItaly,Germany,Ceylon,Australia,NewZealand,Tahiti,theFrenchRiviera,MexicoandtheUnitedStates,unsuccessfullysearchingforanewhomeland.•InTaos,NewMexico,hebecamethecenterofagroupoffemaleadmirerswhoconsideredthemselveshisdisciples,andwhosequarrelsforhisattentionbecamealiterarylegend.•Alifelongsuffererfromtuberculosis,Lawrencediedin1930inFrance,attheageof44.ViewpointsinLawrence’sWritings•Socialcriticism:Dehumanization•Psychologicalexploration:•1)Humansexuality•2)OedipuscomplexDehumanization•Lawrencehasexpressedastrongreactionagainstamechanicalcivilization.•Inhisopinion,thebourgeoisindustrialrevolution,whichmadeitsrealizationatthecostofravishingtheland,hadstartedthecatastrophicuprootingofmanfromnature.•Underthismechanicalcontrol,humanbeingswereturnedintoinanimatedbeing•ItisthisagonizedconcernaboutthedehumanizingeffectofmechanicalcivilizationonthesensualtendernessofhumannaturethathauntsLawrence’swritings.•Thehealthywayoftheindividualpsychologicaldevelopmentlayintheprimaryofthelifeimpulse,orthesexualimpulse.•HumansexualitywasasymbolofLifeForce.HumanSexuality•Bypresentingthepsychologicalexperienceofindividualhumanlife,andhumanrelationships,Lawrencehasopenedupawideterritorytonovel.•Hedeclaredthatanyrepressionofthesexualimpulsebasedonsocial,religious,ormoralvaluesofthecivilizedwouldcauseseveredamagestotheharmonyofhumanrelationshipsandthepsychichealthofindividual’spersonality.Artisticfeatures•Mainlyrealism,whichcombinesdramaticsceneswithanauthoritativecommentary.•Symbolism+poeticimagination•Traditionalrealism+psychicalmeaningExpositionComplicationsClimaxFallingActionResolutionStructureofPlot“Tickets,please”•Tickets,PleaseisoneoftheshortstoriesinthecollectionEnglandMyEngland,publishedin1922.Plotof“Tickets,please”•1.Exposition--settingandintroductiontothemaincharacters•A.Setting:sterileindustrialcountrysideofcentralEnglandduringtheWWI.•--Allable-bodiedmendepartforthetrenches,onlycrippledanddelicatemenleftathome(decliningmasculinity)•--agroupoffearlessyounghussies,empoweredwomenconductorsonatramline,assumingjobsandprerogativesofthedepartedsoldiers.(masculinizedgirls)•B.Characters•--Annie:thechiefamongthewomenconductorsduetoherroughnessandintelligence•--JohnThomas:representativeofphallicpower•--Inaworlddeprivedoffitsuitors,Johnrepresentstherarepresenceofsensualpower.2.ComplicationsConflicts:betweenJohnandthesewomenconductorsJohn’scasualwayofliving:continuouslyflirtswithandabandonsthewomenconductors.HehasanaffairwithAnnie,thechiefofthemasculinizedgirls----StatutesfairatnearbyBestwood.WhatJohnintendstoremainisjustthe“nocturnalpresence”ashecannotofferthetransformingpoweroflove.“intelligentinterest”Anniebeginstotakeinhim,receivingnoresponse.John,threatenedbyAnnie’s“possessiveness”,decidestobreakupwithherandstartanotheraffair.3.climax•Amomentofgreattensionandfinallyreachtheclimax.•--waiting-room•--Thegirlsusewarmthandthecharmoffeminineculturetodisguisetheirschemeofrevenge.•Johnisoverwhelmedbyanattackofenrageddiscardedgirlswhoseektoendhiseasywaybyforcinghimtochoose