The Imagery of the Children-“The Rocking-Horse Winner”
The children stare at their mother indifferently. D.H Lawrence writes, “They looked at her coldly, as if they were finding fault with her.” The children’s cold looks deduce that they are cognizant of their mother’s revulsion. The taciturn looks are a reciprocation of their mother’s aversion.
The Imagery of the Home-“The Rocking-Horse Winner”
D.H Lawrence reveals, “They lived in a pleasant house with a garden, and they had discrete servants, felt themselves superior to anyone in the neighbourhood…they felt always an anxiety in the house.” The disquiet, is accredited to deficient love, eclipses the luxuries that the home offers. Their foreboding surmises that they cannot delight in the agreeableness of their home.
The Imagery of a Dead Body-“The Odour of Chrysanthemums”
D.H Lawrence expounds, “ He was a man of handsome body, and his face showed no traces of drink. He was blonde, full-fleshed, with fine limbs. But he was dead.” The imagery , after bathing, is comparable to that of a man that is sound asleep. After bath his body gives the impression of dignity. He seems to be peaceable in his death; the amity is greater than what he portrayed while he was breathing. His drinking propensities are not displayed on his face anymore. Therefore, the man’s dead body corroborates the inconsistencies between being alive and deceased.
