not let anyone stand in the way of his dream to own a liquor store. Walter planned on purchasing the store with insurance money his family received for his father’s death. His family disagreed with him, but he would not let that stop him. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, a beautiful play that makes a magnificent point. Set in the 1950’s, this play tells about the presence of Racism and Segregation still alive in the world. Walter Lee Younger, a father and husband who cares mostly…
American dream to motivate them towards achieving their goals, whether it may to be a successful business man or to own a beautiful home or to become wealthy. This is the common theme in the plays Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. These two plays contain similarities and differences between the characters, the interpretation of the American dream, and their relationships with each other. In these classic works of American literature, there are…
can usually cause issues to develop between the whole household, it’s an unavoidable situation.. Although issues develop, families are strong, they’re able to pull through anything they undergo. The author Lorraine Hansberry wrote the play, A Raisin in the Sun, about a colored family from the Southside of Chicago being given a great deal of money after a family members passing. Though this family now has money, it stirs up a few complications. Little did they know they had a bond strong enough…
"A Raisin In The Sun" is a play composed by an African-American dramatist - Lorraine Hansberry. It was initially created in 1959. Lorraine Hansberry's work is about a dark family in the Chicago's South-Side after the Second World War. The family comprised of Mama(Lena Younger), Walter Lee(her child), Ruth (his significant other), Travis (their child), and Beneatha (Walters more youthful sister). The Younger family lived in poor conditions, and can't bear to have better expectations…
When it comes to the American Dream, people think of ways to make themselves affluent. The late 1950s, African Americans had to face racism due to their color, and economic struggle. Walter Lee Younger, the protagonist from the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, goes through different stages. He is selfish, angry, and ignores his family’s needs when he attempts to own a business, which causes a financial crisis for them. However, he realizes his path to finding a job could be…
Zora Neale Hurston debunks this belief by portraying the main character, Janie as a woman who only becomes progressively stronger and more independent after each of her three marriages. Beneatha, a protagonist in Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, experiences a similar change while moving from one relationship to another as she searches for her identity and looks for support to…
In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun Walter Lee and Beneatha both have great dreams but encounter at least one barrier to their success. In both cases, Walter Lee himself is the barrier that stands between Beneatha's dream and Walter’s dream. Beneatha also finds a barrier in her race and gender. Walter Lee dreams of having a lot of money and becoming a successful business man while Beneatha dreams of becoming a doctor, yet they both find that in their attempts of reaching their…
Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Langston Hughes “Harlem” share a theme by how many of the ideas and symbols in the writings have a deeper meanings. In the play there is many ways that some characters and actions relate to each other. Walter has many dreams and wants to help the family but many of his dreams are deferred as it is stated in the poem harlem. The Youngers dreams “explode” in each of their own ways in the story. They fight over what to do with the life insurance money…
Walter Younger can be really hard to get along with. For most of the first Act, he’s nasty to just about every other character in the play. He picks fights with his sister, Bennie. He says all kinds of mean things to Ruth, his wife, and is even short with his long suffering mother, Lena. All his nastiness seems to come from the fact that Walter is totally disgusted with his life. Working as a chauffeur for a rich white man has gotten him completely dissatisfied with life. There is no room for…
century faced countless oppressive challenges including racism and poverty. Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun tells the story of an impoverished family struggling against these issues that unfortunately remain relevant today. Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance recognized these problems in their recent production of Hansberry’s brilliant play. The production team of A Raisin in the Sun utilized a specific connection between prop and costume, clear acting choices, and…