Real Identity and Dignified Existence of Female in Doris Lessing’s The Fifth Child

Abstract

The present research tries to unveil the identity and existence of women in Doris Lessing's The Fifth Child.In this novel, the protagonist, Harriet Lovatt has struggled in her whole life so that she can empower not only her sole identity and sound existence but also the status of all women as well as whole human beings especially disabled people. She is the only one character in the novel who is against the exploitation and domination of male society. She is able to reject male supremacy that always wrecks women status as well as disabled people by taking back Ben, her fifth child who is discarded by the very society.