AbstractLawrenceisthefamousEnglishnovelistandpoetinthetwentiethcentury.InLawrence'sautobiographicalnovelSonsandLovers,theauthorappliesmanysymbols.Thehiddenimagesandsymboliclanguageshelptoillustratetheinnerpurportofthenovelandthecomplicatedandinnermostfeelingsofthecharacter.Inalargenumberofhisworks,symbolismhasbeenwidelyused.InhismasterpieceSonsandLovers,hehassuccessfullyappliedsymbolismandpresentedtheimagethroughouttheentirenovelthatflowerimagethroughoutthenovelanddifferentflowerssymbolizeadifferentpersonalitytrait.Thehero’sattitudestowardsflowersfromheroimplythedeepthemesofthenovel.Thepaperdiscussesthreeheroinesandthreedifferentkindsofflowerssymbolizethedevelopmentoftheplotinnovels.Thispapertriestoanalyzethesymbolicmeaningsof‘Flowers’inSonsAndLovers.KeyWords:D.H.Lawrence;SonsandLovers;flowers;symbolism摘要劳伦斯是二十世纪著名的英国小说家与诗人，在他所创作的大量作品中，象征主义描写占据了相当的篇幅。在代表作《儿子与情人》中，他成功运用了这一手法，赋予了贯穿整部小说的意象“花”以深刻的象征寓意。花的意象贯穿始终，不同的花暗示不同的人物性格特征，从主人公对花的态度来暗示人物的深层心态，揭示小说的深层主题，文中对花的描写象征了小说中的三个女主人公，暗示了小说中情节的发展。本文试从花与主人公的联系来对作品进行解读。关键词：劳伦斯；《儿子与情人》；花；象征主义ContentsTOC\o"1-3"\h\z\uHYPERLINK\l_Toc1205AbstractPAGEREF_Toc1205iHYPERLINK\l_Toc15760摘要PAGEREF_Toc15760iiHYPERLINK\l_Toc117691.IntroductionPAGEREF_Toc117691HYPERLINK\l_Toc28831.1BriefintroductiontoSonsandLoversPAGEREF_Toc28831HYPERLINK\l_Toc106291.2AimandobjectivesPAGEREF_Toc106292HYPERLINK\l_Toc100581.3OrganizationofthepaperPAGEREF_Toc100582HYPERLINK\l_Toc295812.LiteratureReviewPAGEREF_Toc295813HYPERLINK\l_Toc42242.1SymbolismPAGEREF_Toc42243HYPERLINK\l_Toc320392.1.1DefinitionandclassificationofsymbolismPAGEREF_Toc320393HYPERLINK\l_Toc211502.1.2SymbolisminotherworksPAGEREF_Toc211503HYPERLINK\l_Toc36152.2PreviousstudiesonsymbolismPAGEREF_Toc36154HYPERLINK\l_Toc157052.2.1ForeignstudiesonsymbolismPAGEREF_Toc157054HYPERLINK\l_Toc26012.2.2DomesticstudiesonsymbolismPAGEREF_Toc26014HYPERLINK\l_Toc2