Jerry Fermin November 5‚ 2012 English 33 Mrs. Weissmann The dreams of the characters in the Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry illustrated the theme of Langston Hughes poem. Lena‚ Walter‚ Ruth‚ and Beneatha all lived under the same roof‚ but their aspirations were all different. Being the head of the house‚ Lena just wanted her children to live the lives they imagined for themselves. Walter’s dream was to invest his mother’s money in a liquor store and to create a better life
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popular play A Raisin in the Sun did just that. The play portrays the life of the typical 1950’s black family in Chicago‚ Illinois. Yes‚ there were many things that made the younger family unique. But many of the trials and tribulations they faced in the play were the same struggles many blacks faced during this time. I believe that universal theme in the play was the recognition and trying to accomplish ones dreams. Not to only have a better life for themselves but to also create change to benefit
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Lauren Gault Mr. Russell AP Literature 22 Feb 2011 A Raisin in the Sun The play and the production of A Raisin in the Sun are comparable in multiple ways. After reading the play and watching the movie‚ there are many things that don’t exactly match up to one another causing the audience to develop a bias about several things that could use some reviewing. With all intentions‚ Hansberry worked delicately to choose the right actors to fit the parts in the movie production. Although Hansberry
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Play Response: A Rasin in the Sun I thought the play "A Raisin in The Sun" was very good because it accurately displayed so many aspects of what life would be like in the 1950’s for African Americans. Full of conflict and racial tension‚ Hansberry creates a strong distinction between her different and unique characters. The main theme of dreams creates conflicts that are evident in the play because the family is aiming for an individual dream that seems to never happen; however‚ in the end‚ they
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The setting contributes so much to the overall meaning and theme of the entire play‚ A Raisin in the Sun. The author gives a ton of detail about the apartment the Younger family is living in. In the beginning of the play the author describes the rooms in the apartment: Narrator. Weariness has‚ in fact won in this room (1542). The apartment is livable and it works for them‚ but no family wants to have to settle somewhere that’s “good enough”. Although‚ because the characters had to adapt to this kind
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about this section but moreover it created understanding of the play. In preparation my character‚ Walter‚ was analyzed deeply. I found quotes describing not only the way he acted‚ but what he looked and sounded like. By digging deeper I was able to become Walter and understand the way he thought and acted. This preparation work made the scene easier to understand because I could almost feel Walters joy when there was the knock on the door by Bobo when he was expecting great news about the fortune
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the play that was a good idea with what the mom planned to do but Walter should have never opened the liquor store after mom was undecided about getting one‚ but she let him do it anyway. In the play the entire story happens in the Youngers living room‚ in Chicago Southside where in the 1950s it was the home of poor‚ black people. The film had different sets‚ Walter’s and Ruth’s bedroom‚ Beneatha’s and Mama’s bedroom‚ the bar‚ Walter at work‚ and the new house. In the film the bar is called the Kitty
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A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. The play revolves around the Younger family and the struggles they experience in the post WWII era. Three of the main characters are the women of the family Lena‚ Ruth‚ and Beneatha. Each of these women are vastly different individuals with different wants and dreams from life. Lena Younger is the matriarch of the family and her main goals in life is for her family to be happy and good people and to love each other‚ “Yes—I taught you that
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Christopher Dueñas Professor Smith THE: 2000 31 May 2011 A Raisin in the Sun: Written Script Analysis A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ is a playwright and also produced into a film production. The name of the play comes from a poem by Langston Hughes‚ which refers to a raisin in the sun as a dream that “dried up‚” or was never accomplished. The genre of this play is a tragedy‚ because the protagonist meets defeat in his greed with money and the family finds enlightenment from their new
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Raisin in the Sun Explanation Hansberry finishes her well-known play‚ A Raisin in the Sun with a cliffhanger. The next step in the characters’ lives is unknown and this next step is ultimately the resolution of the play. To establish a more satisfying ending for the readers‚ I decided to add an extra scene to the play. This extra scene provides the readers with a feeling of closure in the characters and confirms the pervasive racism against their race in society. The extra scene I added to the
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