Walter And Beneatha Language Analysis

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Hansberry shows how Walter and Beneatha face internal and external conflict through the languages he uses. First he uses descriptive language when describing their actions toward each other. We see that she gets angry when the narrator describes her actions as gaining sharpness, impatience, and fury when she turns on him. Also Walter grows bitter and defensive when he talks back to her. Going along with Beneatha’s fury she yells “ What do you want from me, Brother - that I quit school or just drop dead, which!” Growing very aggravated, walter replies with “ I don’t want nothing but for you to stop acting holy ‘round here.” All in all Walter and Beneatha go through many conflict and we can see this by the words and actions

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