Antigone and a Rasin in the Sun

Antigone and A Rasin in the Sun Antigone and A Raisin in the Sun are two pieces of literature that are similar in one way, yet very different in another way. Both are very interesting pieces that were written to captivate even the most critical of audiences. This paper will show similarities as well as differences between the two pieces and their authors. Antigone is a play written by Sophocles and is about a young girl named Antigone who struggles with written laws of her city, Thebes. Her uncle is King Creon and sentences her to death because she decided to bury her brother, Polynices, after it was declared that he deserved no burial. Antigone's sister, Ismene, was too afraid to go along with her. Antigone's fiancé, (who is also King Creon's son) Haemon, and his mother, Eurydice were appalled by the King's decision to put Antigone to death because she did what she felt was right in her heart. Ultimately, everyone dies and King Creon is left all alone (Tan, 2006). In comparison, A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry and is about a black family including a man named Walter Lee Younger who lives in a two bedroom apartment with his wife, Ruth, his son, Travis, his sister, Beneatha, and his mother, Lena (Mama). The family receives an insurance check in the amount of $10,000 for the death of Mama's husband. They all have their own ideas as to where the money should go. Mama wants to buy a house to better their lives, Walter wants to open a bar with his friends, and Beneatha wants to use it for tuition to become a doctor. A white man named Karl comes to their door and offers the family money not to move into the all-white neighborhood in Clybourne Park. Mama puts a down payment on the house anyway, and gives the rest of the money to Walter to deposit in the bank for his business and Beneatha's tuition. However, since Walter does not believe a woman should be a doctor, he gives all the money to his friend Willy, who takes off with the

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