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Overall, Beneatha likes George but cannot take him seriously and has reservations about his superficial, arrogant demeanor. When Beneatha speaks of George Murchison, she speaks "with displeasure ...
Shortly thereafter, we learn that Walter has decided to accept Lindner's offer of paying them generously not to move in. Aghast, the three Younger women watch Walter rehearse an exaggerated servility with which he plans to greet Lindner. However, moved by Mama's word about black pride, Walter changes his mind and disappoints Lindner.
One of the most realistic things about Lorraine Hansberry’s characterization of Beneatha Younger is her somewhat erratic path toward adulthood. Beneatha is passionate about many things and more ...
3 days ago · Beneatha Younger. A character in the 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun, is a mild parody of the author of the play, Lorraine Hansberry at age twenty, and has no precedent on the American stage. The daughter of Mama Lena Younger and the sister of Walter Lee Younger, Beneatha represents the young women of the so-called silent generation of the 1950s ...
Ruth Younger. Ruth joined the Younger family when she married Walter, and from the play’s opening moments it is clear that her day-to-day life in the Younger household has exhausted her utterly. Despite her pregnancy, Ruth does strenuous domestic work in white homes and plays a key part in keeping the entire Younger family functioning.
Analysis. That evening, Ruth is ironing and listening to the radio when Beneatha enters “grandly” from her bedroom, wearing the robes and headdress that Asagai gave her that morning. She tells Ruth, “You are looking at what a well-dressed Nigerian woman wears.”. Beneatha also carries an “ornate oriental fan,” which is “mistakenly ...
Share Cite. Beneatha Younger in A Raisin in the Sun is going through a period of trying to find who she is. She is searching for identity through her African roots in an attempt to discover what ...
