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This study investigates the parts of a precocious child, Winifred, and a childish adult, Loerke, in Women in Love of D. H. Lawrence. In recognition of the gap between reality and representation, Lawrence sees not only that the instant is the realization of what is, but also that the presence of the present is ontologically fragile as an infinitesimal transition. Such fluidity of the instant is enacted in Women in Love, where Winifred and Loerke play a role to subvert the existing order abruptly, to enlarge the deconstruction and absence, and to give a communicative space to others as a kind of festival. By doing so, the instant presence by Winifred and Loerke is not allowed to be in an absolutely fixed position, and only remains as another instant presence. As another signifier and a marvellously sensitive medium, Winifred and Loerke need to be transformed continuously and to lead to the multiple meanings of the presence. As some studies, Lawrence insists on the living present reality by steering away for fixed mechanical automatism, and helps readers to persue the vivid representation with dynamic communication. That is where Winifred and Loerke are intended to avoid the permanent and absolute ruling power, and to articulate the experience of absence and the temporality of the instant.