Raisin In The Sun

Lena Younger became the head of the household upon the death of her husband. She moved from the south to the north to better herself and her life. Lena dreams and aspirations are link to those of her family. She does not aspire to be more than what she is, but she wants more for her family. Lena is struggling to understand how money as became such a big part of her family. She cannot comprehend the way her children are acting, when they were brought up better than that. Beneatha rejecting God by saying it is just man who does all the work and does not get the praise. She is just expressing the family situation in way that maybe Lena would have been able to understand. Lena wants Walter Lee to stand up and become the man he can be; she wants him to feel he is a man, so she decided to give the chance to be the head of the family by giving him the rest of the insurance money to put in an account to manage.

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun is a play about segregation, triumph, and coping with personal tragedy. Set in Southside Chicago, A Raisin in the Sun focuses on the individual dreams of the Younger family and their personal achievement. The Younger's are an African American family besieged by poverty, personal desires, and the ultimate struggle against the hateful ugliness of racism. Lena Younger, Mama, is the protagonist of the story and the eldest Younger. She dreams of many freedoms, freedom to garden, freedom to raise a societal-viewed equal family, and freedom to live liberated of segregation. Next in succession is Beneatha Younger, Mama's daughter, assimilationist, and one who dreams of aiding people by breaking down

Having a different point of view may change who you are. In the book Raisin in the Sun Beneatha seems to be different from everyone that surrounds her. She's always being questioned by the rest of her family when she says her opinion on something. In the poem “I, Too, Sing America” a black man is sent to the kitchen when company comes. These two relate because it shows how not all Americans feel the same about who they are.

Beneatha holds a bold and progressive dream, often ridiculed by Walter for her supposedly out of reach dream. Beneatha appreciates education and recognizes the benefits of being educated. In contrast from Walter, Beneatha receives resources to sponsor her dreams and admirations. Both characters communicate their dreams, however, Walters often voices his own economic limitations on

The Scholarly Article “Review of the Original 1959 Broadway Production” explains the story/play A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry. The article was found on Huntingtonthetatre.org, Accessed on August 27, 2015.The article begins with a short introduction of Loraine Hansberry and how she touches common issues that many African American families were struggling with in 1980. The play is about a lower class family that lives in South Chicago striving to overcome poverty. The characters of the story include a widow mother and her two children; she also has daughter in law and grandson who live with her as well. Claudia McNeil is described as a simple spiritual Matriarch, with a son who is driven to be a successful business owner,

Lena, Walter, Ruth, and Benaetha all live under one roof, but they all have different dreams. As Lena dreams that the dreams of her children should come true by using the money of their father’s life insurance and her family must be united in whatever economic and social circumstances they have to face. Walter Lee dreams of a liquor store. He thinks that having a liquor store; he can make his family’s economic condition good. Ruth dreams to have a wealthy and fine family, so that they don’t have to be worry for minor things. Beneatha

Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is a play about African American family living in Southside Chicago. A Raisin in the Sun portrays different ideas of the American dream through the Younger family members, and shows how these individuals struggle to achieve their personal dream in times of racism and social inequality. The character Walter Lee Younger dreams of becoming a successful businessman and providing more for his family.

30-year-old Ruth Younger is Walter’s pregnant wife who desires what is best for her family. 20-year-old Beneatha is Walter’s sister; she is smart and has strong opinions and plans to become a doctor. 10-year-old Travis Younger is the son

Few plays have created a vision of 1950s American life as nuanced or multi-layered as A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry. The stage of the play is set in Chicago in the home of a Youngers, an African-American family that live together in a small, squalid apartment. This close-knit family, though full of different personalities, has a dynamic which drives the story forward. Lena, known as Mama by everyone in the household, is the family matriarch and recently turned widow with a fiery personality and wisdom cultivated over the years. Her elder son, Walter, is married to his wife Ruth and has a young child with her named Travis.

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a realist fictional in which the play's title and the action reflects the play's theme. The play focuses on Black American’s struggles to reach the American Dream of life. , liberty, and the pursuit of happiness during the 1950 and 1960. The idea of everyone having the chance to achieve a better life should exist for all. Hansberry created her title using the line from Langston Hughes’ poem “A Dream Deferred”.

She strives, and works hard to achieve her medical degree and become a doctor. She is independent, headstrong, and clever, with the need to express herself and be heard. She rebels against her mother and questions the unfair treatment towards her, “Why? Why can’t I say what I want around here, like everybody else?”(Act 1). She does agree with her mother’s view on maintain her African root and she does so with her boyfriend Asagi. Beneatha is very proud of the fact that she is independent, and that she doesn’t need anybody, but her boyfriend point out how much she depends on the family. She also doesn’t agree with the fact that her brother wants her to be like all the other women and become a nurse and get married. Walter is trying to shape her into society’s image of women in the 1950’s, but she rebels against him to, by blaming him for losing the money. Beneatha also struggles with her self-image, and we see her discover herself throughout the play. She cut her hair off as a way of defying the stereotypical female. She is a feminist who represents the changing role of women of the

A Raisin in the Sun is considered as a turning point in American art industry because it addresses many important issues raised during the 1950’s in the United States of America. The 1950’s are widely imitated in recent times as an age of conformism and complacency, referring to the growth of conurbation and commercialization that arises in that decade. However, it is superficial at its best. A Raisin in the Sun explores the vital issues of black housewives with their inferior status resulted in an upwelling of social indignation that would eventually find public voice feminist movements of the 1960’s. There are three main female characters in Lorraine Hansberry’s play.

After her husband passed away, she had stepped up and became the main anchor of the family. As a religious woman she takes her job as a parent (elder) very seriously, she does not tolerate anything when it comes to disrespecting others and God. In one of the scenes that had taken place in the play, she slapped her daughter Beneatha after her use of Gods name in vain, this action demonstrates how strict truly is, how she wants her children to acknowledge the creator, and have a sense of whats right and wrong. Her response towards Beneathas words “ It don't sound nice to say things like that, you wasn’t brought up that way” in this saying , as a disciplinarian she is reminding her daughter that she was raised better than that and there are things that should not be said in such manner. She is a very humbled person. In one of the scenes, her daughter-in-law Ruth, suggest her to take the insurance money for all the hard work and recompense herself by taking a vacation somewhere far away. In response Lena humbly told her ,“ Maybe we could meet notes on a little two story house somewhere, where Travis could play in the summertime’s” this section shows a different side of her, how she wants the money to be equally divided in order for each member in the household obtain benefits. Because of her integrity towards the family, everyone looks up to her, a true role model, she teaches them from her past experiences in life, like a moral

A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry in the period following the Second World War. It is divided into three acts and explores the circumstances of the Younger family, a colored family living in the ghettos of southern Chicago. In particular, the play deals with the efforts of Walter Lee, the scion of the family to bring his family out of poverty and into riches by entering into a business venture. The play highlights the psychological and societal barriers to Walter's goal of becoming rich like the white people he sees around him. In effect, Walter's ambitions typify the American dream and the play discusses how the American dream is only a myth against the reality of financial inequality, racial prejudice and constricted social mobility.

Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun is a monumental play in the theatrical world. Produced in 1959, it became the first play written by an African-American woman to hit the stage and was later nominated for several Tony Awards. The play touched many controversial themes of the time including racial discrimination and poverty. The design of Raisin in the Sun, including scenic, costume, lighting, and sound elements, were crucial to developing the plot and emphasizing these themes. All of the elements are vital to the message and audience interpretation of the production, and overall, the Playmakers Repertory Company executed them well.