Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, and Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park explore themes of gentrification, race relations, and the American dream in a variety of ways. The two plays share a particular emphasis in highlighting the lack of understanding the characters have of others, demonstrated not only by the characters’ failure to communicate with each other, but also by their failure to understand one another’s goals and motivations. By displaying the communication issues and misunderstandings
Lorraine Hansberry gave A Raisin in the Sun its title based on a few lines in a poem by Langton Hughes. The poem inquired what happens to a “dream deferred”, and in A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry answers this question on four different levels from four different points of view. Walter Lee Younger’s dream was to be rich and powerful. In the book, since he has yet to reach that goal, he struggles to grasp at any opportunity to achieve it in a hurry and tends to let himself down in the process. After
characters in A Raisin in the Sun have dreams, ambitions, and goals they all want to accomplish. A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. The main characters are Mama (Lena), Walter, Beneatha, and Ruth. The play take place in the South Side of Chicago between 1945 and 1959. In the play, Walter’s American Dream is investing in a liquor store is affected by the personality traits of greediness, bad-tempered, and selfishness. One personality trait that affect Walter’s dream is being
Dream is different from everyone based on their opinion in life or their needs in life. Some dreams can be achieved easier than others and some dreams are more difficult. The American Dream of Walter Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun is less reasonable and less possible than Lennie from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. This is true because Walter wants more and was not satisfied with what he had as Lennie was happy just to tend rabbits and spend time with George. Walter
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry portrays a struggling family, made up of individuals with very different and important dreams. This renowned play shows the role of visions in life. Both the numerous dreams within the Younger household and each family members’ desire for their own respective goal prevented most of the primary characters from living out their dreams. This left multiple hopes still out there, unachieved, and providing the major theme of the play. The title, A Raisin in the
A Raisin in the Sun Symbolism Keith Shaw, the president of the Mind Body Spirit Central stated "Only 10 percent of the population has specific, well-defined goals, but even then, seven out of the ten of those people reach their goals only half the time" (Shaw). A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry displays the Younger family that is suffering from poverty and unable to satisfy each family members goal. Their opportunities are possible when the family is expecting an insurance check due
A Raisin in the Sun is a play written in the 1950’s that focuses a great deal of attention on the American Dream. The “American Dream” is one’s conception of a “better life.” Each of the main characters in the play has their own idea of what they consider a “better life.” In A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry concentrates on the importance of dreams regardless of the various oppressive struggles of life. Primarily, in A Raisin in the Sun Walter is an example of one struggling to achieve their dream
“A Raisin in the Sun” Drama Analysis In Lorraine Hansberry play “A Raisin in the Sun” is built around all the conflict that money has brought to the family whether it’s good or bad. These characters had the biggest effect from the money: Walter Lee, Mama, and Beneatha. In the beginning it starts when Walter Lee is waiting for the money to come in. So he can invest in a liquor store. He wants to do that because he sees it as an opportunity and believes that the business will blow up and make a lot
“Harlem (A Dream Deferred)”. In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, this very question is answered. It is not answered by accident though, these two works were paired on purpose. The former poem is actually the epigraph to the latter play. The story that unfold in A Raisin in the Sun takes place in the Chicago Ghetto. An African American family consisting of Mama (the grandmother), Walter (her son), Beneatha (Mama’s daughter), Ruth (Walter’s wife), and Travis (the son of Walter and
The 1959 play “A Raisin In The Sun” written by Lorraine Hansberry and the 1961 movie “A Raisin In The Sun” also written by Lorraine Hansberry and directed by Daniel Petrie are similar and different in many ways. Both begin with an introduction of the Youngers, an African-American family of five living in a crowded rundown apartment in Chicago sometime between World War II and 1959. As a result of the recent death of Mr. Younger, a life insurance check for $10,000 is on its way to his wife Lena Younger