As George lingers for Beneatha to change into "suitable apparel" for the theater, Walter chats with him about wealth and investments. Walter is alert of the pecuniary accomplishment of the Murchison family, and he informs George that he must have enthusiastic ideas about generating money. George desires little to do with this talk, yet Walter continues to tell him that they must get together to talk about future commerce tactics. George persistently repudiates the gesture, but Walter soon gets dissatisfied and vituperates him about his "ineffectual" edification and perception. Walter asserts that George knows nonentity about being a gentleman, implying that he himself does. On the way out, George identifies Walter as "Prometheus," a sardonic
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Likewise, Walter supposes that his dreams outweigh those of his other family members including Mama, and he merely sees the exterior world as a tyrannical force rather than a road which he must learn to steer. For his actions, Prometheus is chastised by the gods and must survive in the chronic hell of having his liver consumed alive by birds; As an equivalent, Walter, too, is chained, and similarly, his compulsive visions reinstate what his aggravation consumes. Desolately, Walter never sees any way out of his financial distress other than the liquor store, which his mother opposes exclusively on ethical grounds. Nowhere in the play does Mama designate that she would not provide Walter the money for some other business idea; it is just that she opposes the idea of his selling liquor. Walter's sole fascination causes him to lose sight of his potential options and of a negotiation that might have led to his goal of financial sovereignty. Walter's prejudice is evident immediately when he tells his wife, Ruth, that for a momentary moment, she "looked young . . . real young . . . but . . . it's gone now." Walter later is reprimanded by destiny when he loses the family's money in an ill-planned scheme with Bobo and Willie Harris. Walter can by no means get this money back and is ordained to exist with this
Likewise, Walter supposes that his dreams outweigh those of his other family members including Mama, and he merely sees the exterior world as a tyrannical force rather than a road which he must learn to steer. For his actions, Prometheus is chastised by the gods and must survive in the chronic hell of having his liver consumed alive by birds; As an equivalent, Walter, too, is chained, and similarly, his compulsive visions reinstate what his aggravation consumes. Desolately, Walter never sees any way out of his financial distress other than the liquor store, which his mother opposes exclusively on ethical grounds. Nowhere in the play does Mama designate that she would not provide Walter the money for some other business idea; it is just that she opposes the idea of his selling liquor. Walter's sole fascination causes him to lose sight of his potential options and of a negotiation that might have led to his goal of financial sovereignty. Walter's prejudice is evident immediately when he tells his wife, Ruth, that for a momentary moment, she "looked young . . . real young . . . but . . . it's gone now." Walter later is reprimanded by destiny when he loses the family's money in an ill-planned scheme with Bobo and Willie Harris. Walter can by no means get this money back and is ordained to exist with this