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Lawrence's avowed conception of character and culture was a pervasive dualistic conflict between 'mind-consciousness' (intellectualism, refinement) and 'blood-consciousness' (passion, coarseness). Rigid application of this view in his fiction resulted in simply drawn characters and repetitious victories of blood-consciousness over mind-consciousness. This thesis is amply demonstrated with references to Lawrence's essays and novels and synopses of four of his short stories