Dreams In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

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The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Bill Duke, is play that shows us many aspects of hard life in the 1950's for African - American. The conflict between younger 's family create a sad and strong feeling in the play through their dreams because each one of member of the family has an own dream to make. They want to use the insurance money of 10,000 to achieve their dreams when Lena Youngher played by kim Yancey receives insurance money. This part in the play draw attention through the character's feeling because I sympathized with them, i could put myself in their place and understand, which made me feel Hansberry did a great job to show lots of elements that shed on many problems that happened and are still happening …show more content…
I liked Walter Lee (Danny Golver) in the play, because he did a good job through his character. Showing us a passionate and ambitious man who tries to be a rich to help his family but because of his naive behavior has a bad impact on his family. All he thinks about that a business concept will solve all of his social problems. However, Walter wants to use the money to invest in a liquor store with his Willy Harris. Even though everybody tries to warn Walter against investing in the liquor store and shouldn’t trust Willy Harris. In the part in the play, when Walter discovers that Will took all the money and runs away, his reaction was so strong and sad because of his shock that he did not listen to his family. Danny Golver who played the role of Walter did a perfect job in the …show more content…
The costumes design throughout the play by Celia Bryant and Judy Dearing are fantastic that tells us about an interesting style of clothing at the time period of the play in the 1950s. However, I liked the costume design in the play because the design reflects on the personality of the actor. For Example, Beneatha costume represents her pride when she wears the costume that Joseph Asagai who played the role of Lou Ferguson gave her. On the other hand, Wlater's costume represents his gloomy mood in the play. In addition, Lena ' Mama' is wearing blue, green and brown costumes that represent her personality as a widow, hard-working and modest woman. Celia Bryant and Judy Dearing did a great job through their costume design to see many sides of each actor in the play. Moreover, the music in the play is used very well , the African music that plays while Walter Lee and Beneatha dance is a great Music because it shows and allows viewers to see how the heritage music impacted on Walter and Beneath as African-American people .

In conclusion, the actors and actresses do an amazing job through describe younger family. Each actor and actress shows a different side of their personality convincingly and nicely. It made the audience think about how could life be difficult for African American at this time of period. The elements that included in show from costumes, sounds, and lighting

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