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In Doris Lessing's A Proper Marriage the heroine, Martha is presented divided in her marital life because of the prescription imposed upon married women, under the name of motherhood. It is institutionalized motherhood. Experiencing pregnancy, childbirth and nurture Martha feels guilty and depressed to find her identity as a mother doesn't answer the concept of motherhood widely accepted and glorified by society. It gives her the fear of nightmare repetition and matrophobia. In her attempt to overcome the division Martha wants to pursue the rhythm of her own accorded with her nature, having wholeness, as opposed to the institutionalized motherhood. She also tries to cut the cycle of repetition by leaving her family. These attempts prove to be failure for now only to leave her in breakdown. However the breakdown can give her the chance to make a breakthrough in the way that she doesn't stop doing something to change the oppressive and dividing ideology and tries to continue seeking development.
