This paper examines how Ursula is the one character in D.H. Lawrence's novel "Women in Love" that truly changes from how
we see her at the
beginning of the novel. By contrasting her statements at the beginning of the novel with the conversation that concludes the chapter "Continental", it shows how we can detect of number of these changes. It looks how Ursula becomes more impulsive and carefree and begins to demonstrate a belief, influenced most definitely by Birkin, that there is something more than just the mental and material aspects of human
relationships. It evaluates how all of these changes in Ursula's character suggest a thematic core in Lawrence's novel that is centered around a physical/mental and spiritual/intellectual dichotomy.