Angelina Weld Grimké's play fixates on Rachel's desire to go about as the defender, the mother of the children, regardless of whether they are of her own blood or not. On a few cases in the play, Grimké alludes to the hero's yearning to nurse children. At the starting point of the play, Rachel clarifies that she is late as a direct result of the cutest “little brown baby boy” (Rachel 6), Jimmy, who she met on the staircase. Her adoration for children, and maybe her distortion, is promptly reflected in the mother's reaction: “Well I’m no prophet but I see very distinctively what is going to happen. This little brown baby will be living here night and day. You’re not happy unless some child is trailing along in your rear.” (Rachel 7). Rachel
