The focus of this paper is to separate gender issues in literature. It deals with how writers build female characters in their works. Before Shakespeare’s period, women characters are notable personalities in literature. This paper mainly focuses on Toni Morrison’s female characters through her novel Beloved. Gender de nes the behaviour of the individual, how he or she walks, talks, eats and socializes and nearly all other features of everyday life. Gender signi es in the de nition of the self. Beloved expresses a black woman who explores the speci c ways in how black women suffer. Gender will be examined with a particular allusion to feminism. Feminism as a social philosophy, it shares equal opportunities for career building and self-growth. Feminism is a broad area dealing with the matters of women. Feminism is not only spoken about male domination but also developments of women community. This study is signi cant for its exclusive focus on the work written by a black woman, her cultural background, her presentation of female characters and their relationships with one another and with male characters. Inequality comes from the rebuttal of equal rights. The main obstacle to equality is sexism. It also examines signi cant for adopting a female framework for the interpretation of literature written by woman, rather than adopting a male perspective.