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- Ruth resists the idea and tells Walter to “eat your eggs.” In response, Walter erupts, accusing his wife of hampering his dreams. Ruth “wearily” explains her indifference by telling Walter that he simply “never say nothing new.” Walter retorts, saying that “colored women... don’t understand about building their men up.”
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Ruth “softly” appeals to Walter to “stop fighting” her, and Walter slowly begins to cool down. With his insult to Ruth about African-American women, Walter attempts to blame his own failings and insecurities on the women who surround him.
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A friend of Walter Lee who, like Walter, also falls prey to...
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Ruth wants to discuss her pregnancy with him and becomes upset when he will not listen. She shuts herself into their bedroom. Mama sits down with Walter who is upset by—and ashamed of—his poverty, his job as a chauffeur, and his lack of upward mobility.
Mama asks Ruth about her sudden support for Walter’s investment scheme, to which Ruth answers that “something is happening” between the couple and that Walter “needs this chance” to restore his self-esteem and repair the rift in their marriage.
Ruth appears to be annoyed with Walter, although she does not openly admit it. At first, Walter seems too preoccupied with thoughts about the insurance check to consider what might be troubling Ruth. Their conversation revolves around money and the lack thereof; even young Travis is concerned with money, as he asks, "Check coming tomorrow?"
Ruth: Walter, leave me alone! Eat your eggs, they gonna be cold. Walter is fairly rude in making the assumption that Ruth does not understand the world. Instead, she redirects him to eating.
At one point Ruth responds to Walter's plans by telling him to eat his eggs. He sadly comments on this exchange. "That's it. There you are. Man say to his woman: I got me a...
Walter and Ruth continue to argue about their unhappy lives, a dialogue that Ruth cuts short by telling her husband, “Eat your eggs, they gonna be cold.” Beneatha gets up next and after discovering that the bathroom is occupied by someone from another family, engages in a verbal joust with Walter.
