Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 90‚ No. 1‚ February 2004‚ pp. 81–102 “Fearful of the Written Word”: White Fear‚ Black Writing‚ and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun Screenplay Lisbeth Lipari In 1959‚ Lorraine Hansberry was hired by Columbia Pictures to write a screenplay for her award-winning Broadway play‚ A Raisin in the Sun. By the time the film was released in 1961‚ over one-third of the original screenplay had been cut. In this paper I undertake a rhetorical analysis of a particular historically
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Copper Sun By Sharon M. Draper Ch. 1 (V) Betrothed: engaged to‚ be married Amari and Besa had been formally betrothed to each other last year. Kente: A colorful fabric of Ghanaian origin Their fingers flew as they chatted together‚ the pale fibers stretching and uncurling into threads for what would become kenet cloth. Ch. 1 (Q) “Be content with woman’s work child. It is enough.” I think this is a memorable quote in which got me thinking of how different women’s and men’s jobs where and
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Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun was groundbreaking as it was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway‚ as well as one of the first to depict the everyday struggles faced by a black American family (Nemiroff 6). The play has been adapted to the screen on three occasions. In 1961‚ a film version of the play was released featuring the original Broadway cast and a screenplay written by Hansberry herself (A Raisin in the Sun 1961). A second adaptation was made in 1989
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Love and Compassion The final scene of Empire of the Sun demonstrates the gathering between the separated children and their parents. Everyone seems very happy to finally reunite with their loved ones and realize how much they have missed them. Jamie‚ the boy in the movie‚ seems to have forgotten what his mother looks like because they have been separated for so long. This final scene demonstrates the importance of our loved ones‚ and how we should always cherish them because you may be separated
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For over four hundred years‚ William Shakespeare?s ?Romeo and Juliet? has remained one of the most popular stories and plays of all time. Writers‚ literary critics and the general public all agree that ?Romeo and Juliet? is a story of the ages. ?Romeo and Juliet? is popular because it deals with a variety of issues that most people can relate to. The play deals with themes such as love‚ hate‚ death‚ fighting‚ sexual issues and friendship. Contemporary audiences find ?Romeo and Juliet? enduring
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A Raisin in the Sun comparison essay In A Raisin in the Sun the movie directed by Kenny Leon‚ the tone and attitudes of the characters set apart the movie from the book‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ because of how they make the scene more powerful and impactful. In comparison‚ the movie gives a better understanding of the real emotions of the characters; however‚ the book helps the reader understand the importance of every word. Both of the works start out in 1959 on the Southside of Chicago
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The Sun is the center around which the Earth and the other planets of our solar system revolve. It’s a rather ordinary star of average size. Even so‚ it is more than 1‚392‚000 km (865‚000 mi) across — more than 100 times the diameter of Earth. Its mass equals that of 333‚420 Earths! It resembles a huge furnace‚ fired by nuclear energy at its core. The tremendous energy produced is transferred outward‚ away from the core‚ in a process known as convection. Patches of gas heat and rise toward the surface
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In Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun‚ both main characters have created tension in their lives through their one remaining parent not seeing eye to eye with them. In Confetti Girl the story is told through the eyes of a girl living with her dad. The dad is oblivious to the daughter’s interests and puts his preferences in front of hers. In Tortilla Sun the story is told through the eyes of a girl named Izzy who is living with her mom. Her mom tends to put her needs and desires in front of her daughter’s
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convert to Islam or join the Pact and continue practicing your own religion!” I overheard a soldier talking to the leader of my tribe. Would he convert to Islam or enter the Pact‚ pay the jizyah and stay a Christian? Part of the reason Islam spread so quickly was because the conquered people liked the Muslim beliefs and the way they ruled. (With consideration to other religions) Other reasons for the rapid spread of Islam were trade and Jihad. (religious war) Mecca was the birthplace of Islam; it
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LouAnne Johnson‚ a retired U.S. Marine‚ applies for a teaching job at Parkmont High School in California‚ and is surprised and pleased to be offered the position with immediate effect. Turning up the next day to begin teaching‚ however‚ she finds herself confronted with a classroom of tough‚ sullen teenagers‚ all from lower-class and underprivileged backgrounds‚ involved in gang warfare and drug pushing‚ flatly refusing to engage with anything. They immediately coin the nickname "White Bread" for
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