The conduct of Life (1985) is another famous play by Maria Irene Fornes; it tackles women issues and depicts woman's resistance against the oppression inflicted upon her in a male-dominated society. The play is set in an unnamed Latin America country ruled by an oppressive political regime. Women's resistance is embodied in the character of Leticia, a middle class but uneducated woman, who is a victim of the unjust, harsh and brutal treatment of her husband, Orlando. Orlando is an ambitious, ruthless
He doesn't love me. I thought he loved me and that he stayed with me because he loved me and that's why I didn't understand his behavior. But now I know, because he told me that he sees me as a person who runs the house. (Fornes, Conduct 1986, 69) Leticia is in great pain due to the harsh treatment of her husband who humiliates and belittles her . On discussing hunting deer as a sport in the presence of Alejo, Leticia expresses her rejection of such a sport as she regards