English 10 GT S1- SAS Essay Conflict will ensue when people don’t get what they want. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs can reveal what human needs must be prioritized, therefore inner conflict can be analyzed by looking at which needs are missing from a person’s life. From lovers ending their lives in sorrow to arguments over money, Maslow’s ideas play a role in their fervorous actions. Literature from various time periods, including “Antigone” and “A Raisin in the Sun,” also display Maslow’s principles through the thoughts and actions of the characters. In both “Antigone” and “A Raisin in the Sun,” the intellectual need for self-actualization and concept of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs show a prominent influence in the thoughts and actions of the
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Throughout the play, Beneatha is struggling to discover which philosophical ideas she believes in, for example when she tells Mama that she doesn’t believe in God. Beneatha shows spontaneity when she decides to take up horseback riding, a luxury that nobody else in the family has. In terms of self-actualization, Walter falls in the middle of the spectrum. He shows what moral beliefs he has when he rejects Lindner’s offer for the family to back out of buying a house in a white neighborhood, but he also doesn’t have complete self-actualization because he is concerned about putting food on the table for the family. Most of the conflict in the play comes from the internal conflict of Walter because he wants to be able to express himself and make an excess of money but he’s stuck at the bottom of the …show more content…
If Antigone had not been so concerned with her moral beliefs, she would not have been audacious enough to disobey the king and be killed because of it. Following the same reasoning, Walter from “A Raisin in the Sun” would not have nearly had as many problems that he did had he spent the insurance money running the family instead of pursuing self-actualization first by investing in the liquor store. Characters that tend to work on fulfilling needs going up the pyramid instead of down the pyramid tend to be more successful in achieving self-actualization, while the characters that skip steps on the pyramid like Antigone and Walter tend to experience some kind of adversity while doing
Throughout the play, Beneatha is struggling to discover which philosophical ideas she believes in, for example when she tells Mama that she doesn’t believe in God. Beneatha shows spontaneity when she decides to take up horseback riding, a luxury that nobody else in the family has. In terms of self-actualization, Walter falls in the middle of the spectrum. He shows what moral beliefs he has when he rejects Lindner’s offer for the family to back out of buying a house in a white neighborhood, but he also doesn’t have complete self-actualization because he is concerned about putting food on the table for the family. Most of the conflict in the play comes from the internal conflict of Walter because he wants to be able to express himself and make an excess of money but he’s stuck at the bottom of the …show more content…
If Antigone had not been so concerned with her moral beliefs, she would not have been audacious enough to disobey the king and be killed because of it. Following the same reasoning, Walter from “A Raisin in the Sun” would not have nearly had as many problems that he did had he spent the insurance money running the family instead of pursuing self-actualization first by investing in the liquor store. Characters that tend to work on fulfilling needs going up the pyramid instead of down the pyramid tend to be more successful in achieving self-actualization, while the characters that skip steps on the pyramid like Antigone and Walter tend to experience some kind of adversity while doing