Little Women Themes

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Little Women considers the place of women in society by presenting the portraits of several very different but equally praiseworthy women. As we read th...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) In Little Women, the home is more than a house where you sleep at night. The domestic sphere provides a moral center for men and women alike, and a comf...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) The girls in Little Women are raised to hold fast to their moral principles, listening to their own consciences before they pay attention to anything el...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Little Women is a text about writing texts. The protagonist, herself an author, experiments with different genres and voices in order to find her own "...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Love is everywhere in Little Women, a novel about four marriageable sisters and their various friends. Often it is romantic love, either reciprocated or...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) In Little Women, marriage is depicted as a wonderful and beneficial institution, the culmination of all the different kinds of love and domestic lesson...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) In Little Women, the ability to make sacrifices, both great and small, is an essential part of ethical behavior. Everyone must be able to show a certai...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) There are many different kinds of poverty in Little Women. Most obvious is financial poverty, lacking money and material goods. Financial poverty comes...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Most of the characters in Little Women are ambitious – either they want to get rich, or they want to be famous, or they just want to see the world an...