ANALYSE Doris Lessing's A WOMAN ON A ROOF IN LIGHT OF STRUCTURALISM Structuralism concentrates on elements within work of literature without focusing on historical, social and biographical influences. ... Thus, the woman wins as the symbol of a new age woman who disdains harassment from men. ... He is actually a recently married; young-to-middle aged man who may be representing the id. ... In this extract these elements emerge from figures both masculine and feminine, or even from figures of different classes and social activities, and even of different age. ... In A woman On a Roof...

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But some of this research is to do with poor households and Vogler ("94), who is a studier of this, says that its hard to say that this actually states that there has been an increase in female power according to a review he did on the literature available that deals with organisation of money in marriage. ... Both are aged around their 40s. ... She found that men and women are sexist and that most skilled manual workers and unemployed men do more work at home than middle-class men. ...

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• Grade Level: High School