A play and a novel are two very different ways of telling a plot of a story. In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry the audience is able to feel involved in the story through many aspects. Usually in novels it is consistent with one point of view through the story. However, in a play the audience is able to gain perspective from most of the characters. The stage directions in a play gives the reader an insight on the actions taken among a character. The stage directions in scene two shows that she was not feeling well, even though it is not said in her speech. In a novel, a relationship is either white or black with very little description. Hansberry’s stage directions in scene one shows the insight on Ruth’s and Walter Lee’s marriage- “
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It shows that Walter Lee has not lived his life the way he would want or intended it to be like. Inner conflicts are more vivid in a play based upon the dialogue between individuals and stage directions. Another instance is during the moving process it mentions that mama “ shakes her head at the dissolved dream.” From this being told in an aspect of a play there is insight given from every character. It is not focused on one specific character, but instead everyone has a part in the building of the story line. In the very last sentence of the play it says that, “ The door opens and she comes, back in, grabs her plant, and goes out for the last time.” The plant holds a key concept to mama, to her the plant is a symbol of the family’s life. This developes the idea that mama does care and wants what is the best for her family. In novels the main ideas are revealed, but through plays the little pieces of information and the dialogue is what develops the story line. Readers are able to interpret a play more in depth than a novel, because of the added benefits a play holds to a story line. Hansberry’s play impacted greatly on character development and the plot of A Raisin in the Sun through dialogues and stage
It shows that Walter Lee has not lived his life the way he would want or intended it to be like. Inner conflicts are more vivid in a play based upon the dialogue between individuals and stage directions. Another instance is during the moving process it mentions that mama “ shakes her head at the dissolved dream.” From this being told in an aspect of a play there is insight given from every character. It is not focused on one specific character, but instead everyone has a part in the building of the story line. In the very last sentence of the play it says that, “ The door opens and she comes, back in, grabs her plant, and goes out for the last time.” The plant holds a key concept to mama, to her the plant is a symbol of the family’s life. This developes the idea that mama does care and wants what is the best for her family. In novels the main ideas are revealed, but through plays the little pieces of information and the dialogue is what develops the story line. Readers are able to interpret a play more in depth than a novel, because of the added benefits a play holds to a story line. Hansberry’s play impacted greatly on character development and the plot of A Raisin in the Sun through dialogues and stage