Woman's Quest for Identity in Doris Lessing's The Summer Before the Dark

Abstract

This present reseach focuses on the protagonists's ceaseless effort to find her identity. During the course of the novel, Kate Brown undergoes a series of changes, in other words, in her encounters with the men different identities are manifested. She is always in search of a stable identity in the patriarchal society throughout the novel. But it is proved that patriarchy prevails everywhere. However, she persists in her effort to obtain her identity.