tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758067671336197235.post2623356142551356035..comments2023-06-20T09:32:05.541-04:00Comments on Sexed: AnatomyCaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134639096227275905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758067671336197235.post-62391579630931392372011-01-04T00:45:21.860-05:002011-01-04T00:45:21.860-05:00He is becoming increasingly antagonistic, and I th...He is becoming increasingly antagonistic, and I think the implication is that it's because of the lack of sex between him and Connie. It's essentially a deterioration of their intimacy; when the duties of his toilette are passed off to Mrs. Bolton, Clifford laments the loss of what he considered part of their intimate relationship, i.e. Connie caring for him. He clings to their conversations, but Connie is weary of his talk and arranges for Mrs. Bolton to cut off their evenings together at 10:00 every night. He is represented now as the thing holding her back and draining her. <br /><br />As far as the neglect of Connie's body, I think it's a little of both. It's cyclical and psychosomatic. She isn't receiving the human sensuality that would bolster both her emotional and physical selves, and in the depression caused by the neglect of outside sources she also neglects herself by despairing and not seeking it. Physical neglect leads to emotional neglect leads to physical neglect, etc. <br /><br />They were contemporaries, and yes, some critics claim that Lawrence was influenced by Freud's theories. I haven't done any reading on it myself.Caitlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134639096227275905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758067671336197235.post-61668266564034399032011-01-03T23:45:30.029-05:002011-01-03T23:45:30.029-05:00I've wondered what role Clifford would eventua...I've wondered what role Clifford would eventually fill. He seemed at first to be almost everything Connie wanted, if it weren't for his physical limitations. Now he seems...an antagonist to her freedom? Hmm.<br /><br />Is it Connie's understanding that when reflecting upon her aging body she is referring to her psyche as neglected of intimacy (neglect that manifests as a disappointed view of her body) or strictly that more loving would have kept her body younger?<br /><br />Was Lawrence friends with Freud?Luc Duvalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232346813098798037noreply@blogger.com