The role of minor character‚ Mrs. Linde‚ Ismene‚ Krogstad and Haemon in developing the themes of the play A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen in 19th century AD and Antigone by Sophocles in 5th century BC. The story of the protagonist is sometimes best developed by the presence of minor characters. Generally the minor characters are used to bring along a change in the lives of the major characters. They are the tools employed to shift the plot or to cause a change. Like in Macbeth it was
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Jocasta’s philosophy of life is part of the main issue of Sophocles’ play ’King Oedipus’: destiny vs. freewill. Her statement "chance rules our lives"‚ however‚ is quite ironic as Jocasta had taken the fate of her son‚ Oedipus‚ very seriously when he was first born‚ so much so as to have him left to die on Mount Cithaeron in order to avoid his destiny. Oedipus is also very closely related to this debate. Was it chance that caused him to kill his father and marry his mother as was prophesied or was
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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
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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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written by Lorraine Hansberry shows how ones personal experiences can become a great story. Hansberry was born on May 19‚ 1930‚ in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ which also serves as the setting of the play. She wrote this play about a struggling African American family that is about to receive an insurance check for $10‚000. This money comes from Mr. Younger’s life insurance policy. One way or another a writer somehow writes something they can relate to in their work to make it their own. Hansberry shows her
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The play “A Raisin in the Sun” was written by Lorraine Hansberry. It was the first play to be produced on Broadway by an African-American woman. The play was a huge success having over 530 performances. The play was not always referred to as A Raisin in the Sun; it was first named the Crystal Stair. Hansberry later renamed it A Raisin in the Sun. This is a play about a black struggling family. The play writer Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19th‚ 1930 in Chicago‚ Illinois. She was the first
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Although there are lots of similarities and differences between the book and film by Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun‚ both the book and film can stand on their own while having those contradictions. In the book‚ the whole story’s setting takes place within the Younger’s apartment living room. While in the film‚ on the other hand‚ various different sets were used such as: Walter and Ruth’s bedroom‚ the bar‚ the Younger’s new house‚ and multiple others. The different sets used in the film make
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Revision‚ Anger‚ and A Raisin in the Sun” by Sarah Orem the author takes a look at the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry. In the opening paragraph Orem looks at Lorraine Hansberry and contrast her being a black feminist woman with the typical playwrights of the time being white‚ male and “chauvinism often bordering on misogyny” Orem reviews the outlook of how Hansberry fely about the “Angry Young Men” playwrights from the British theatre scene and sees nothing but oppression and states
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March of 1959‚ Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ debuted at the Barrymore Theater in New York. Being the first Broadway play directed and written by an African-American in over half a century‚ many were eager to attend a showing. People had many chances. A Raisin in the Sun was performed more than 500 times. This play won multiple awards such as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. In addition to the many performances and awards the Hansberry play won‚ there
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In the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ an African American family living during the 1950’s in a small apartment deal with many struggles and differences that cause each member of the family to have different dreams. The family is given an insurance check from the father’s death that opens many doors for the family. Although this check opens many doors‚ the family’s thoughts of what they should do‚ do not line up‚ and it is uncertain which door the family‚ as a whole should take
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