Lessing'in kısa öykülerinde geleneksel kadın rollerinin yıkılması ve yeniden tasvir edilmesi

As a result of the social pressure on women from the past to the present, freedom of women have been taken away and they have been given traditional roles. Doris Lessing emphasizes the idea that these traditional roles make women unhappy, on the other hand, women are liberated contrary to the roles determined by society, that they draw their own path, and that traditional roles should be demolished by experiencing awareness in their lives. As a result of examining her short stories from a feminist perspective, Lessing focused on the subversion and reformulation of traditional women's roles. While criticizing how the male-dominated society limits women, the changes in the female characters in Lessing's short stories are almost like a revolt against the patriarchal society. Contrary to the moral expectations in a patriarchal society, Lessing only states that holding women to certain moral standards limits them. In their stories, a journey is told about women's revolt against these inequalities and the discovery of their own selves. At the end of this journey, the female characters, who experience their own discovery, continue their lives chosen by their own will, not according to the roles that society has given them, and they experience awareness of their own free will by getting rid of the pressure of the male-dominated society.