Hansberry v. Lee

Six weeks after the Allies celebrated the victory of World War 2, Juanita Lee Hansrote delivered twin girls, Joan and Jean, in the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center. Shortly afterwards, her husband, Edward Charles Hansrote, returned home from stateside military service. Together, they began their life in conservative, union-heavy, 50,000-person Allegany County, Maryland. Edward, his father, and his six brothers all worked for the railroad, earning salaries and benefits solid enough to allow them a sturdy foothold in the standard of living of a quintessential middle-class 1950’s family. My grandmother, Joan Bloom, led a life fundamentally different from mine. Raised by rigidly religious parents and expected to follow in the housewife…

Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun (1959) is set in Chicago’s Southside and many social issues of the 1950’s are the themes of this play. This essay is about one of the major themes in the play, racism, and how the Younger family, a poor black family, experienced and resisted the racism in their society. The members of the Younger family had to deal with discrimination in the housing industry, their home and their jobs. In, A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family bought a house in a…

A Raisin In The Sun is a play written by esteemed author Lorraine Hansberry. This theatrical work describes the arduous struggles of an African American family in a racially segregated society of the 1950’s. Mama, the matriarch of the family is the mother of two adult children with different ideas in life. She receives life insurance for her deceased husband in the form of a ten-thousand dollar check. This check divides the thought processes of her family. Her and her children want to use it…

Bond with Humanity Due to a subtle action in A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, the comparison to a loved one in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day,” by William Shakespeare, and the continuing conflict in “The Birthmark,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, these literary pieces of work prove that humanity is forever bound to nature and that no act of isolation or disconnection can break that bond. The environment and ecosystem that one lives in has a very profound impact on one’s life. This…

The Younger's Family in Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun, have faced many hardships in 1950s America. In the play, Hansberry writes about a family on the south side of Chicago, in a beat up, old apartment that is about as tired and worn out as the Younger’s are. The Younger Family goes through many trials and tribulations that are best represented by the symbolism with their tiny one window, the plant, mama's gifts, and the condition of the old and new house. The condition of the…

While older than The Dark Knight, the movie V for Vendetta takes a step out of stereotypical villain and moves toward the Anti-Hero archetype. Enter a world beset by chaos which was overcome by the restrictive and controlling government installed by a Chancellor Sutler. At start of the movie the main character Evey Hammond is on her way to a date, and running late she winds up being out past curfew. She gets set upon by several men whom she believes to be rapists. When she tries to defend…

In this, Luther is committing to the laity the reformation required by God by neglecting the pope and clergy. He then mentions that they should take advantage of Charles V being king of Germany. Luther says this because Charles V is young and inexperienced, and not only that, but also Charles V won the kingship because he had the most money. He then explains that the first thing they must do is to ponder the matter with great diligence, while at the same time not trusting in their own strength…

In the mid-1520s, the Peasants ' War in southern Germany rattled both the political and social foundations of central Europe. The German Peasants War was the largest peasant insurrection to take place in European history as well as the most monumental rebellion prior to the French Revolution. There is a key to determining the ties between the Christianity, rebellion, and violence in the Peasants War of 1525. It is to examine the relationship of Martin Luther 's revolt against the papal church…

step to any problem is to identify that there is a problem. Government have been a very delicate system people of generations have dealt with. It seems like in history it has always been the government that start the wars, or at least it comes back to the government. In V for Vendetta, V who is the main character of this film, hi-jacks a television station that has an emergency channel and gives his revolutionary speech. Within this speech he gives some reasons on why his government may be…

As depicted by the countless sold copies of this sort, tragedies appeal to the pathos of human pity. Having been distinguished from their beginning in ancient Greece, when authors such as Sophocles and Homer wrote rhetorics that are still being taught today. In fact, famous, talented Elizabethan playwright, William Shakespeare is best known for his tragedies including the acclaimed Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, it is no surprise that he exquisitely produced the play “Othello”, illustrating the…