An analysis of three images in Doris Lessing's To Room Nineteen

Abstract

Doris lessing is the famous contemporary British writer and novelist. Her well-known short story To Room Nineteen tells Susan, an intelligent woman, is lost in the chaotic housework and tries to search for an authentic self which leads to her madness and ultimate suicide. This paper focuses on the three images described in Lessing's To Room Nineteen which foreshadow Susan's suicide. © 2012 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland.