Questioning the basis of what you are and who you are, is a vast amount of what Lessing theme is all about. The narrator states "There are some countries in which the arts, let alone art, cannot be said to flourish. Why this should be so, it is hard to say, although of course we all have our theories about it"(Lessing11). When reading Lessing's The Black Madonna themes of racism and ignorance are repeatedly presented. The thought of how one ethnic group has rendered themselves as superiors to another is a recurring theme. All forms of racism and ignorance are nothing but forms of madness. Melvin Maddocks simply states "Lessing is prepared
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