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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and purpose of dreams and how oftentimes dreams do get deferred. Hansberry got the title for the play based off of Langston Hughes’ famous poem A Dream Deferred. The language Hansberry uses reflects the deeper meaning of Hughes’ poem. Although the Younger women have lived in the same apartment for generations‚ they each face their unique trials and tribulations. Mama is faced with the decision of how to spend the money she received from her deceased husband’s insurance settlement; Ruth has to choose
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Looking at both works‚ it is easy to identify many characters that play important roles in enhancing the true conflict between these two communities. First‚ in the play of “A Raisin in the Sun”‚ the main characters are Ruth Younger‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneatha Younger‚ Lena Younger (Mama)‚ and Karl Linder. On the other hand‚ in the movie called Remember the Titans‚ the main characters are Coach Herman Boone‚ Coach Bill Yoast‚ Julius Campbell‚ Gerry Bertier‚ and Petey Jones. In each one of these works
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show proving the conclusion made earlier on how they were diverse yet similar. For instance‚ Holden and Callie were similar in their love to their younger siblings‚ the fact that it was hard for them to accept help from others‚ and how they would react suddenly and with anger. Holden’s intense feelings of love for his deceased brother Allie and his younger sister Phoebe were rarely put into words throughout
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called Barrio. He tells us his life and all the struggles he has to face everyday of his life .The family he had was not the perfect family; the mother was having another child that she would then not take care of because she cared more about herself. Lena was a high school drop out who wanted to be free and on her own‚ the father was a hard worker who tried to give his family everything‚ and Rudy was the outcast that never quite fit in. With his mother being pregnant and his sister and father always
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Bessie White Professor Paul Rosenberg LIT2000 10 March 2013 A Raisin in the Sun The granddaughter of a freed slave Lorraine Hansberry became a spokesperson for black Americans. Deeply committed to the black struggle for equality and human rights‚ Lorraine Hansberry’s brilliant career as a writer was cut short by her death when she was only 35. A Raisin in the Sun was the first screen play written by a Black woman to be produced in 1959 on Broadway. It won the New York Drama Critics
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In the story A Raisin in the Sun‚ written by L. Hansberry‚ the Younger family resides in a small‚ beaten down home. In this family‚ only one member is well educated. Miss Beneatha is attending school and plans to become a doctor. Her mother‚ Lena‚ receives a life insurance check from her husband who has passed. Lena uses part of the check as a down payment on a new house for the family. She gives the rest of the check to her son‚ Walter‚ trusting him to put a portion of the money back for Beneatha’s
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Arlene Borbon LIT 202 Essay Package #1 Dr. Altschuler “A Raisin in the Sun” and the American Dream The American Dream is defined by hard work. If one works hard‚ it will pay off and one will live comfortably. If one works even harder‚ it will lead to wealth. This definition is especially evident in “A Raisin in the Sun”. In the play‚ we read about the desperation that results when the characters realize that this definition doesn’t hold true for them‚ especially Walter Lee. He‚ as well as his parents
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women throughout the text use Aboriginal English highlights to express their belonging to the aboriginal culture. In Rainbow’s End Nan Dear has played an important role in enhancing her family’s knowledge of their culture. This is in contrast to Lena and Vaughn who don’t have any senior figures around to inform them about the proud history of the indigenous
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play. Walter Lee Younger‚ played by Sean Combs‚ is a young man‚ looking to solve his family problems by starting his own business of a liquor store. His plan is dependent on the insurance money his Mama (played by Phylicia Rashad) is to receive. His body language is not as passionate as we saw in the 1961 version of the movie. He seems immature as compared to Sidney Poitier. The main character is still Lena Younger‚ trying to keep her family together by getting a new house. Lena is opposed to the
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