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Summary. Analysis. A week later, it is Saturday, moving day for the Youngers. Before the curtain rises, Ruth’s joyful singing “cuts through the silence” as she finishes the family’s packing. Beneatha enters and Ruth happily shows her some curtains that she bought for the new house. Ruth is exuberant and light-hearted and she tells ...
View full document. Berkley Mentor November 13, 2020 THEA 201 A Raisin in the Sun Essay A Raisin in the Sun is a play about the struggles of African American’s in a time when they were not accepted by all people. Lorraine Hansberry became a light in a dark time. She wrote this play to reflect on these struggles that real people had to face.
the play is “about human beings who want, on one hand, to preserve their family pride and, on the other hand, to break out of the poverty that seems to be their fate.” Think back over the play. Then explain, briefly, the point that A Raisin in the Sun makes about these major and minor themes. (1 to 2 sentences on each)
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun provides a compelling and honest look into one family's aspiration to move to another Chicago neighborhood and the thunderous crash of a reality that African Americans faced when attempting to do so. A critical reading of A Raisin in the Sun offers students many opportunities to evaluate the shifting ...
Biting her lip to contain her own pride in Walter, Ruth agrees that he did. Ruth exits, leaving Mama alone in the apartment. Mama looks around at the family’s home and, overcome with emotion, stifles a cry. She exits the apartment only to reenter a moment later, retrieving her plant and leaving for the final time.
Ruth Younger Character Analysis. Walter Lee’s wife and Travis’ mother. About thirty years old, Ruth was once “exceptionally” pretty, although an air of “disappointment has already begun to hang in her face.”. Her demeanor indicates that life has delivered “little that she expected,” and, as Walter says, she is “tired” of ...
Raisin in the Sun Act I Scene One - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Ruth comes home forlornly, revealing to Mama and Beneatha that she is two months pregnant. Beneatha questions if it was planned or an accident, upsetting Ruth. Mama tries to comfort Ruth as she breaks down ...
