“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” (Langston Hughes) A Raisin in the Sun is a play about a poor African American family living on the south side of Chicago. The play contains much drama and tension between most of the characters. Most of the characters in the play are african american, however but one of the characters is white. In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry creates three significant characters whose roles can be analyzed through events in the play and from the statements of the following characters: Walter Lee Younger, Lena Younger, and Beneatha Younger.
Walter is the main protagonist of the play and holds a significant role in escalating the play from beginning to end. Walter has the dreams of becoming rich through a business plan he has with his friends, however he doesn’t take much responsibility of maintaining the money for the plan. “Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs.” Walter says this in Act I Scene I signifying how his women does not praise him for being ambitious and having dreams. Although Walter Younger is the main protagonist of the play, Lena Younger holds a significance as being the matriarch of the family. …show more content…
She can be described as being very religious, moral, and maternal. “Son - I come from five generations who was slaves and sharecroppers - but ain’t nobody pay’em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn’t fit to walk the Earth.” Mama says this in Act III Scene I stating that taking the money from Karl Lindner to not move into the new neighborhood would make them much worse than slaves. Not only Walter is Mama’s son, but she does have a young 20 year old daughter named
Walter is the main protagonist of the play and holds a significant role in escalating the play from beginning to end. Walter has the dreams of becoming rich through a business plan he has with his friends, however he doesn’t take much responsibility of maintaining the money for the plan. “Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs.” Walter says this in Act I Scene I signifying how his women does not praise him for being ambitious and having dreams. Although Walter Younger is the main protagonist of the play, Lena Younger holds a significance as being the matriarch of the family. …show more content…
She can be described as being very religious, moral, and maternal. “Son - I come from five generations who was slaves and sharecroppers - but ain’t nobody pay’em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn’t fit to walk the Earth.” Mama says this in Act III Scene I stating that taking the money from Karl Lindner to not move into the new neighborhood would make them much worse than slaves. Not only Walter is Mama’s son, but she does have a young 20 year old daughter named