What happens to a dream deferred? In “A Raisin in the Sun” the author‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ both ask and works to answer the often interacted question of Langston Hughes. Throughout the play‚ one witness the trials and tribulations of the Younger family‚ comprised of Mama‚ her two children‚ Walter and Beneatha‚ and Walter’s wife and son‚ Ruth and Travis respectively. Despite him technically being a full grown adult‚ the play is‚ in part‚ a coming-of-age for Walter Younger. A pivotal moment of the
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In the the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry there is a strong presence of gender roles in the Younger family. The play takes place in the southside of Chicago‚ in mid-late 1950’s. At the time social injustices‚ like racism and sexism‚ were big controversies. Most of the country was focused on these issues. These issues were worse in the South but luckily this book takes place in Chicago‚ so the conditions the Younger family are in are not as rough as they could be. The family
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“Life often builds people up only to let them down. By referring to two characters‚ show how Hansberry brings out the truth of this statement in the Raisin in the Sun. Which character do you feel deals with disappointment more effectively.” In the play “A Raisin in the Sun”‚ there are two specific characters that are often built up only to be let down‚ Lena Eggleston Younger and Walter Lee Younger. Deferral seems to be an evolving constant in this family. Before even being introduced to a play
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character want? One thing Mama wants most for the family is a good and hopeful future. Mama’s plant represents both Mama’s care and her dream for her family. There is one time in the play when Mama states‚ "Lord if this little old plant don’t get more sun than it’s been getting it ain’t never going to spring again" (40). Even when she confesses the plant’s poor state of
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ she tells the value 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
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play Raisin in the Sun‚ the character Beneatha defies the social mores of Chicago in the 1950s by being educated‚ progressive‚ and independent‚ in a society where women most often remained uneducated domestics. Due mostly to her college education and need to express herself‚ Beneatha defied the norm of what it meant to be an African American woman. Beneatha was pursuing her dreams of becoming a doctor‚ although we are meant to understand that this is in disregard to the
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In the story A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a story about a poor family and how money has caused them to change the way the view life completely. The children of mama have all fallen far from her. she says that life is about being free and having family that cares about you. her kids think it’s all about money. The plot is the same in both. In both walter Lee Younger thinks it‚s a good idea to invest the money in a liquor store. Beneatha Younger wants to invest the money in her education
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Imagine you are a African American in the 1950s‚ you have been released from the shackles of slavery but‚ it did not get better as it was abolished almost 100 years; slavery merely had evolved into a new form. The Younger family works tirelessly in a country where no matter what they do they will always be lower class‚ simply due to their complexion. The entire Younger family is striving to reach the American Dream by using Big Walter’s insurance money‚ the family denys the offer by Linder to buy
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Critical response: A Raisin in the Sun‚ Lorraine Hansberry The play falls under realism the stage design and setting is a representation of everyday life. The characters behaved‚ spoke‚ and dressed like ordinary people. This play brings the awareness of social and political problems‚ which inspires change. The characters of the cast represents real life personalities‚ which shapes the way they behave. The language used in the play is conversational. This play is also a multicultural play‚ which
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feel prejudice towards a single individual or to an entire group of people‚ but in either sense the effects are felt by the victims none the less. Both pride and prejudice are major themes that Lorraine Hansberry weaved throughout her play A Raisin in the Sun and in turn these themes have affected the main characters in many different ways. The first time I noticed pride appear in the play is right at the beginning of act 1‚ scene 1 when the stage director is illustrating the setting. He
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