I chose the title ’A psychoanalitic reading of ’The Hours’ by Michael Cunningham’ for my thesis, because I find interesting and important the question of women and neurosis. This is frequently discussed in the few decades. The role of women has rapidly changed in the 20th century, so they had to face with other kinds of problems than before. The author not only examines the question of women, but also other problems of the present day, like AIDS, or homosexuality.(Introduction)