the problematics of motherhood in twentieth century women's fiction

Brown Whose experience tells her that the mother is
invariably targetted for any mishap that occurs in the
family
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Particularly, Tim's outburst that she is
suffocating him leaves a guilty scar in her psyche
contrast, the narrative voice says about Mary:
She hasn't any sense of guilt -- that's the
point. We are all ln invisible chains, guilt, we
should do this, we mustn't do that, ~t's bad for
the children, lt's unfair on the husband. (SBD :
212-13)
Kate, however, 1s shackled by these "invlslble chams" of
g-xlt, perpetually haunted by the question whether she was
glvlng too llttle or too much to her children.
2.6.2. Gullt becomes a part of Saru's psyche since her
glrlhcod when she is accused of 'kllllng' her brother Dhruva
by passively watchlng him drown
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Thls gullt remalns wlth
her throughout her adolescence, and is only reinforced by
her mother's constant reproaches
As a wlfe, Sam is made
tc feel gullty by vlrtue of belng more quallfled than her
husband, and henceforth earnlng not only the butter, but
also the bread for the family. As a mother, her children's
lndlfference or angry comments against her are constant
rern~nders of the fact that she is not playing the maternal
role satisfactorily.
2.6.3. A sense of gullt haunts Merldian right from her
childhood. At thirteen, she feels guilty for not responding