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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelConflict is one of the element of plot, which
plays an izportant role as it creates suspense and makes
a story interesting.
Lillian Hellman in The Little Foxes writes about
a family who wants to restore their social life and how
their ambition causes conflicts Lillian Hellman also reveals
how money can cause trouble and conflicts to people
if they value money more than anything else.
Due to the desire of the Hubbards to built a cotton
gin in the South and to become rich, cause them t o become
involved in conflicts. The conflicts in this play are
conflicts between man against man, man against society, and
man against himself.
To fulfill their dreams to become the richest
family in the South, the Hubbard's sons, Ben and Oscar,are
willing to cheat their sister's family. They persuade
their sister to ask her husband to be involved in their
business, but in fact her sister's husband, Horace Giddens,
does not show that he is interested in their business. So,
to complete their business deal with Marshall, Ben and
Oscar, steal Horace's money through Leo. In this case, they
speed their brother in law's death through their evil deed.
They do not care that their ambition also lead their sister
to have conflicts not only with her husband, but with her
daughter as well. Tragically, the relationship between brot
hers and sister is broken after Ben and Oscar succeeded in
cheating their sister. Money that actually should make
their life better has ruined their relationship and has
given them nothing.