Monday, January 9, 2017
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, is a drama about(predicate) a post WWII Afro-American family on the Southside of Chicago. The plays title is taken from the poem Dream Deferred, by Langston Hughes, where the poet contemplates on what happens to a day- fantasy deferred: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it prohibitionist up like a raisin in the sun?\nThe plays principal(prenominal) theme is the revealing of the person-to-person dreams of each share. Each character has their own rendering of how they ask the future to be. The family is on the margin of receiving a $10,000 supportment from the insurance policy company after the dismission of the former head of the home Walter Sr. The family consists of Walter Lee, his wife compassion and son Travis, ma, Beneatha (Walters sister). They all belong together in a cramped apartment with Travis sleeping on the couch. Each of them has a excogitate for the money provided not everything happens on saddle as they would like to. mom wants to get a young home to complete a dream she had with her husband. Walter Lee believes that they should buy a liquor workshop and that would put them out of poverty. compassion also shares a dream with mamma besides she truly just wants a disclose place for Travis to grow up in. Beneatha really just wants for Mama to spend the money on whatever her heart desires, but knows that Mamas desire is to help pay for Beneathas medical school. With everybody having their own version of a dream, soon they break up clashing over their competing dreams.\nMama has a plant in the house that sits by the windowpane which represents the dream for her family to stick together. The family is a very low in have a go at it family and she believes that this leave alone fulfill the familys dream and it could be a major come up. Although mama had a enormous persuasion other family members had contrary plans with the money. Walters mind is set that t opening up a liquor store would be a genius idea; Walter is labeled the dreamer of the family. Although his plan may be undimmed the...
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