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In the “Rocking Horse Winner,� D. H. Lawrence explores the greed in humans and the extremities people will go to please others. The opening line, “there was a woman who was beautiful...� is very similar to many opening sentences in fairy tales. This is how D. H. Lawrence uses tradition to tell his story and gives the reader the sense of a fable, especially when he uses supernatural gifts like Paul’s seeing the winning Horse.

D. H. Lawrence’s characters are symbols of Love and the lack there-of. The mother represents the lack of love and the overflowing pool of greed that lies in the pit of all human hearts. Paul, the son, is the contrasting character. He is a good person who loves, and is generous. Paul is the beauty of all that fills human hearts. Paul and his mother are so different that it allows the reader to clearly see the greed that is human, versus the ability to love and please others. With these two characters D. H. Lawrence uses contrast to generate his......

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