Raisin In The Sun Feminism
Raisin in the Sun reflects the author, Lorraine Hansberry; with the starring Younger family during the 1950s and 60s. Her life was riddled with controversy, from her upbringing to the different movements and clubs she participated in. Granting her the experience to reflect the conflict between blacks and whites. She merged the feminist movement, The Great Migration, and the redlining and covenants into her play with ease. Giving us the opportunity to reenact what it would have been like to live in that era.
After The Great Migration, competition for housing and Racism and prejudice was on the rise. Experienced by Mama, the head of the Younger family household. She had put a down-payment on a house in Clybourne Park, grabbing the neighborhood's …show more content…
Feminism was a main character in the play. Especially since the play was written after World War II: a turning point for the feminist movement. Lorraine then added many examples of male chauvinism to give dynamic. Portrayed by the few men introduced throughout the play. I would first consider Walter Lee, he demanded Beneatha to be content being a maid. Not have aspirations to become a doctor. He mostly wanted the money for himself, to start his own job. To be the “man” in the family. In another scene, George, Beneatha's love interest, didn't want to carry on an intellectual conversation, he just wanted to make-out. George then became irritated, told her, “that all a woman needs is a body and not a brain." Now we look at the women's empowerment in the play. We have Mama, who is making all the hard decisions discerning the family's lives. Then, Ruth, Walter Lee's wife, having the strength to consider an illegal abortion. She had to think for the best of the family; could she feed one more mouth? In addition, Beneatha aiming for a degree as the doctor.
In conclusion, Raisin in the Sun is a play written with the feminist movement, The Great Migration, and the redlining and covenants, in mind. Only a few of the events touched on during the brief reenactment of the Younger family's dilemma. Lorraine Hansberry was able to take her experiences and surrounding contact to create a cohesive fictional historical
After The Great Migration, competition for housing and Racism and prejudice was on the rise. Experienced by Mama, the head of the Younger family household. She had put a down-payment on a house in Clybourne Park, grabbing the neighborhood's …show more content…
Feminism was a main character in the play. Especially since the play was written after World War II: a turning point for the feminist movement. Lorraine then added many examples of male chauvinism to give dynamic. Portrayed by the few men introduced throughout the play. I would first consider Walter Lee, he demanded Beneatha to be content being a maid. Not have aspirations to become a doctor. He mostly wanted the money for himself, to start his own job. To be the “man” in the family. In another scene, George, Beneatha's love interest, didn't want to carry on an intellectual conversation, he just wanted to make-out. George then became irritated, told her, “that all a woman needs is a body and not a brain." Now we look at the women's empowerment in the play. We have Mama, who is making all the hard decisions discerning the family's lives. Then, Ruth, Walter Lee's wife, having the strength to consider an illegal abortion. She had to think for the best of the family; could she feed one more mouth? In addition, Beneatha aiming for a degree as the doctor.
In conclusion, Raisin in the Sun is a play written with the feminist movement, The Great Migration, and the redlining and covenants, in mind. Only a few of the events touched on during the brief reenactment of the Younger family's dilemma. Lorraine Hansberry was able to take her experiences and surrounding contact to create a cohesive fictional historical