brought new version by adding numerous scenes to hansberry’s original play. Hansberry’s motive behind writitng A Raisin in the Sun was to aware the white’s about the African-American dreams in the play. The play revolves around the younger familiy‚ Lena‚ her daughter Beneatha and son Walter‚ along with Walter’s wife (Ruth) and son ( Travis). Beneatha’s dream is made very clear in the play which is to be a docter Ruthe wants her own home Walter wants to own business of a liquior store Lena dreams of equal
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an item‚ but represents something specific other than itself. Much like Mama’s plant‚ it represents many meaningful ideas with supportive evidence throughout the text. The plant standing alone may seem like a generic addition to the setting of the Younger household‚ but when it is observed in a deeper analytical approach; the symbolism of it in itself holds such importance to this traditional work. The roots of any plant have a specific role that partakes in its foundation and growth‚ which directly
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” Ruth- “Well‚ I ain’t got no fifty cents this morning.” “But if you only have love for your own race Then you only leave space to discriminate And to discriminate only generates hate And when you hate then you’re bound to get irate” The Younger family is in this financial situation not completely from irresponsibility but also from their incapability to easily excel in the world they live in. their options are minimal being a black family in a world control by white families. In the
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dreams of the Younger family‚ a black family living in Chicago sometime before the film premiered in 1961. The film’s title comes from Langston Hughes’ poem‚ “Harlem‚” which asks the question‚ “What happens to a dream deferred?” Playwright and screenwriter‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ answers the question for the Youngers and the audience through Raisin in the Sun. The film version of A Raisin in the Sun featured the original Broadway cast‚ including Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger‚ Ruby Dee as his
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"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who‚ in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times‚ looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space‚ at full speed‚ above all obstacles‚ on the infinite highway of the air." ‘’You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.’’What is the true meaning of being an American? Millions of people migrate into the United States of American in order to achieve their dream and earn the
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answers. 1. Give the full name of the director of the film. Kenny Leon 2. Give the full name of the actor who plays Walter Lee Younger. Sean Combs 3. Give the full name of the actress who plays Lena Younger (Mama). Phylicia Rashad 4. Give the full name of the actress who plays Beneatha Younger. Sanaa Lathan 5. Give the full name of the actress who plays Ruth Younger. Audra McDonald 6. In your
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A Raisin in the Sun Socratic Seminar Questions 1. “A Raisin in the Sun” depicts life for African Americans around the 1950’s in the south side of Chicago. Throughout the book‚ the Younger family undergoes a constant struggle of financial hardships and racial prejudice and segregation. The term “Black Belt” often described the African-American community in that time‚ as the population of African-Americans would be expanding rapidly. The story represents the actual lives of people in that time‚ and
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is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. It was the first Broadway play written by a black playwright. The title comes from the poem "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes. The play portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers‚ an African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. The theme expresses the importance of dreams and how achieving those dreams can come with various obstacles and struggles. Hansberry uses many literary elements to convey
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RAISIN IN THE SUN QUOTATIONS FOR WRITING THE FAMILY & THE AMERICAN DREAM WALTER: DREAMS OF SUCCESS: • Walter talks about the missed business opportunity with Charlie Atkins. P.32 • Complains that he has nothing to pass on to Travis. “I have been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the livingroom -- and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live…” p. 34 • To Mama: “Do you know what this money means to me? Do you know what this money can do for us?
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his family out of poverty and give his son a better lifestyle. He is different from all the other family members. His priority is to find a solution to their growing financial crisis while Beneatha‚ on the
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