1. Explication of Doris Lessing's "A WOMAN ON THE ROOF"
... heat! the heat of Nature and the heat/stress/pressure imposed upon them by the male-dominated culture, social expectations and lifestyle. She wins a victory for women in this issue of 'having the right to exist' and also the issue of sexuality and women's bodies - that we own our bodies i.e. we ... Stanley, and according to Tom she did not know that. Anyway she vanished frowning, and Tom was secretly delighted because he feels that her anger was for his two colleagues. In this paragraph the men, have not had a change in their characters except that Stanley becomes worse in his "abuse" an...
- Word Count: 4111
- Approx Pages: 16
- Grade Level: High School