A portrayal of woman and equality in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes

Abstract

Silence is the speech of love. Traditionally women are expected to be in this speech. Women from the classical age are portrayed as serving wife, loving mother, and sacrificing lady who brings happiness, peace, and love to their Family at the cost of their happiness. But such ladies have been put down since the days of Adam and Eve in the Bible. From the start, she was held responsible. Women have suffered in every possible way since she bit into that apple through the years. Women were condemned to the lowest level of a vassal since men formed religion and men authored the Bible. The man could not bear that the first human being on the planet was a woman. Women, in general, have diverse or differing attributes based on their social and familial positions. However, their roles as mother, sister, and wife are the ones they cherish the most. They are not only in charge of the Family's finances, house management, and kitchen cleanliness, but they are also working to maintain the Family's harmony. As a result, the lady is fantastic. In the Little Foxes, Lillian Hellman explains the essence of womanhood and equality.