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A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers, a Black family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. When the play opens, the Youngers are about to receive an insurance check for $10,000.
- Symbols
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- Act I, Scene I
A summary of Act 1: Scene 1 in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin...
- Character List
A list of all the characters in A Raisin in the Sun. A...
- Beneatha
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- Context
A Raisin in the Sun is arguably the first play to portray...
- Important Quotes Explained
Throughout A Raisin in the Sun, characters connect money to...
- Race
George and Beneatha are both Black Americans who grew up in...
- A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry and first...
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The story tells of a black family's experiences in south Chicago, as they attempt to improve their financial circumstances with an insurance payout following the death of the father, and deals with matters of housing discrimination, racism, and assimilation.
- Lorraine Hansberry
- 1959
May 17, 2019 · Lorraine Hansberry, the first African American woman playwright to have a play performed on Broadway, would be turning 89 on Sunday if she were still alive today. The play, of course, was the...
- Dr. Howard Markel
Apr 24, 2024 · A Raisin in the Sun is a drama in three acts by Lorraine Hansberry, first published and produced in 1959. The play’s title is taken from ‘Harlem,’ a poem by Langston Hughes. The play is a penetrating psychological study of a working-class Black family on the South Side of Chicago in the 1940s.
A Raisin in the Sun: Directed by Daniel Petrie. With Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands. A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
