Tuesday, January 24, 2017

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, is a drama closely 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 moon deferred: What happens to a reverie deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?\nThe plays briny theme is the revealing of the individual(prenominal) dreams of each percentage. Each character has their own mutation of how they requisite the future to be. The family is on the confines of receiving a $10,000 concedement from the policy company after the exceedingly of the former head of the firm Walter Sr. The family consists of Walter Lee, his wife condolence and son Travis, mamma, Beneatha (Walters sister). They all wear together in a cramped apartment with Travis quiescency on the couch. Each of them has a image for the money scarce not everything happens on detail as they would like to. florists chrys anthemum wants to demoralise a sassy 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. condolence also shares a dream with mummy tho she very just wants a make out apart 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 runner clashing over their competing dreams.\nMama has a plant in the house that sits by the window which represents the dream for her family to stick together. The family is a very low income family and she believes that this go forth fulfill the familys dream and it could be a major come up. Although mama had a commodious composition other family members had diametrical 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 smart the...

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