Femininity and expectations
During the time of the play, women were told to stay home, cook, clean, marry someone who is wealthy, and have children. In a Raisin of the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry demonstrates Beneatha rebelling against society’s expectations, by showing in her perspective what a women is truly is capable of doing. Hansberry demonstrates Beneatha wanting to locate her identity outside the bias of women. She is fixated on expressing herself, and looks outside of the expectations of a woman in her culture. Beneatha doesn’t see the appeal of marrying someone out of wealth. Unlike other women, Beneatha aspires something much greater in particular, such as becoming a doctor. She would like to pursue something else from what is expected of her and women in general, yet she is criticized by her family. Women in general are criticized for not doing enough when in reality, they have the same capability as a man would.
Beneatha is condemned especially for taking guitar lessons by Ruth and Mama. Even though Beneatha believes she is expressing herself, she feels misunderstood by her family. (Mama & Ruth:) “What are you expressing Beneatha?” (Beneatha:) “Me! Don't worry-- I don't expect you to understand.” The point is they do not believe she is conveying herself in any way possible. They believe she is going …show more content…
Beneatha is one of the rare women who consider doing something unfamiliar to the assumptions of a woman. Beneatha establishes in a Raisin in the Sun, what she is able to accomplish as a woman, and what females in general are capable of achieving. Which incorporates the ability to become a doctor, while others like her brother were convinced she should be accomplishing something more appropriate for her, according to her sex. The female gender is taken for granted, and Beneatha is the only one to bring attention to this subject; in a Raisin in the
During the time of the play, women were told to stay home, cook, clean, marry someone who is wealthy, and have children. In a Raisin of the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry demonstrates Beneatha rebelling against society’s expectations, by showing in her perspective what a women is truly is capable of doing. Hansberry demonstrates Beneatha wanting to locate her identity outside the bias of women. She is fixated on expressing herself, and looks outside of the expectations of a woman in her culture. Beneatha doesn’t see the appeal of marrying someone out of wealth. Unlike other women, Beneatha aspires something much greater in particular, such as becoming a doctor. She would like to pursue something else from what is expected of her and women in general, yet she is criticized by her family. Women in general are criticized for not doing enough when in reality, they have the same capability as a man would.
Beneatha is condemned especially for taking guitar lessons by Ruth and Mama. Even though Beneatha believes she is expressing herself, she feels misunderstood by her family. (Mama & Ruth:) “What are you expressing Beneatha?” (Beneatha:) “Me! Don't worry-- I don't expect you to understand.” The point is they do not believe she is conveying herself in any way possible. They believe she is going …show more content…
Beneatha is one of the rare women who consider doing something unfamiliar to the assumptions of a woman. Beneatha establishes in a Raisin in the Sun, what she is able to accomplish as a woman, and what females in general are capable of achieving. Which incorporates the ability to become a doctor, while others like her brother were convinced she should be accomplishing something more appropriate for her, according to her sex. The female gender is taken for granted, and Beneatha is the only one to bring attention to this subject; in a Raisin in the