Morel is unhappily married to Walter Morel, and she redirects her attention to her children, her only passion in life. However, the major reason behind Paul's break-ups is the long shadow of his mother no woman can ever equal her in his eyes, and he can never free himself from her possession. His relationship fails with Miriam because she is too sacrificial and virginal to claim him as hers, whereas it fails with Clara because, it seems, she has never given up on her estranged husband. Paul has ultimately unsuccessful romances with Miriam Leiver and Clara Dawes, always alternating between great love and hatred for each of them. They are inseparable he confides everything in her, works and paints to please her, and nurses her as she dies. He is sensitive, temperamental, artistic (a painter), and unceasingly devoted to his mother. Paul is the protagonist of the novel, and we follow his life from infancy to his early twenties.
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