In plays such as Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart, the topic of feminism comes up quite frequently in scholarly research. However, there is more to these plays, which focus on the struggles of women in society and in their homes, which adds on to these feminist themes. The location of both plays is set in the home, primarily the kitchen, which is a very confining and sexist place in terms of the patriarchal structure in the novels. The lack of conversation about why these plays are set in the home with a majority of female characters raises a few questions. Why do Hansberry and Henley set these plays in the home? And how could this relate to obvious questions about feminism, power and sexuality
