Both Trifles and A Raisin in the Sun convey a message on how life’s hardships can influence one’s path. Both of these plays act on the premise that life has many forks in the road but it is the how people react to those hardships that control one’s route. These two plays, however, have opposite theme’s regarding the daily struggles people face. Although both the Younger family in A Raisin in the Sun and Mrs. Wright in Trifles endure great hardship, the Youngers illustrate how family sustains a person, while Mrs. Wright illustrates how isolation destroys a person. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, family is the root of which Walter hangs onto. As Walter tries to make a name for him within the parameters of society, he inadvertently brings dread
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The message in A Raisin in the Sun deals with familiar bonds. Throughout the play Walter Younger undergoes a series of trials in which he starts to view as hardships. Though if it weren’t for his family he may not have recovered to the respectable man he is. The epicenter for the help he receives from his family stems from the deep love. This is seen in the last seen of the play when Lena Younger explains what being a loving family really means, “when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and they made things easy for everybody?” She goes on to explain that being a loving family means for them to be their to pick them up and believe in them when they don’t believe in themselves. In the play Trifles, a message is conveyed on a much deeper level than seen at first glance. Throughout the play, the women start feeling closer and defending Mrs. Wright more and more as they ponder around the house discovering things. When they discover the birdcage and the dead bird, Mrs. Hale remembers a much younger Mrs. Wright, a time when she was a happy joyful young girl. The women see the depression in Mrs. Wright brought on by the oppression of Mr. Wright and soon they began to rethink their own roles in society. Trifles message still carries till this very day and that message deals with the nature of women in regards to gender
The message in A Raisin in the Sun deals with familiar bonds. Throughout the play Walter Younger undergoes a series of trials in which he starts to view as hardships. Though if it weren’t for his family he may not have recovered to the respectable man he is. The epicenter for the help he receives from his family stems from the deep love. This is seen in the last seen of the play when Lena Younger explains what being a loving family really means, “when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and they made things easy for everybody?” She goes on to explain that being a loving family means for them to be their to pick them up and believe in them when they don’t believe in themselves. In the play Trifles, a message is conveyed on a much deeper level than seen at first glance. Throughout the play, the women start feeling closer and defending Mrs. Wright more and more as they ponder around the house discovering things. When they discover the birdcage and the dead bird, Mrs. Hale remembers a much younger Mrs. Wright, a time when she was a happy joyful young girl. The women see the depression in Mrs. Wright brought on by the oppression of Mr. Wright and soon they began to rethink their own roles in society. Trifles message still carries till this very day and that message deals with the nature of women in regards to gender