April 28‚ 2012 A Reaction to A Raisin in the Sun What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? —From “Harlem” by Langston Hughes The film A Raisin in the Sun is about dreams. Based upon the play of the same name‚ the film explores the dreams of the Younger family‚ a black family living in Chicago sometime before the film premiered in 1961. The film’s title comes from Langston Hughes’ poem‚ “Harlem‚” which asks the question‚ “What happens to a dream deferred
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indicates that the heart-stopping and jaw-dropping King Kong films have been made to expand visual languages mostly expressed by motion pictures to capture the core appeal which many classic movies have (57). As this paper examines‚ the 1976 King Kong movie and its 2005 re-make display certain similarities and differences in terms of art‚ style and technological wonder as well as poignant character development. These are indicative of the evolution of the Hollywood style. Besides‚ as movies of high polysemy
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Perseus Story Comparison There are many similarities and differences between the original Clash of the Titans movie and the book. One similarity is that he slayed medusa‚ however in the story medusa is sleeping when he killed her and in the movie she is awake. Also‚ in both the movie and the book Perseus goes to Jappa although in the story Hermes helped him and in the movie a man named Amon helped him. In the book Cassiopeia compares Andromeda to the Nereids‚ but in the movie she is compared to
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differently‚ and be just alike. In the movie Hercules compared to the myth Hercules there are many differences. In the book‚ Apollo and Hercules have a quarrel about Hercules taking the oracle for himself and Apollo would not let that happen‚ however; this was not mentioned in the book. Within the book‚ Hercules got so angry at the sun for being too hot‚ that he shot the sun with an arrow‚ yet; it was failed to be reffered to in the movie. In the movie‚ Hercules was born atop Mt. Olympus‚ although;
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The Female Role in A Raisin In the Sun Joe b. Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is the story of a struggling black family in Chicago. This story embodies Hansberry’s use of strong black women‚ she was a realistic artist‚ fascinated by ordinary and real people with each one clearly and vividly drawn. In this play‚ Hansberry portrays courageous and revolutionary women who share struggles with each other and also with their men. Hansberry speaks loudly about the role women have played
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use to convey complex deeper meanings. Symbolism is the act of representing ideas using symbols‚ like the Mockingjay in the “The Hunger Games” or the scar in Harry Potter. One such book that loves to use symbolism is the drama based play the “Raisin in The Sun” Written by Lorraine Hansberry. The story is about a poor black family struggling in South Chicago during the Great Depression. The Younger Family gets a $10‚000 dollar insurance settlement which they hope will greatly improve their lives. Unfortunately
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but Benetha wishes it could if it had to do with her and George. 3.) Throughout the story Walter is frustrated by Ruth’s actions. She attacks his friends‚ nags him about the insurance money not being his‚ and on top of everything they are bringing a new baby into a broken marriage. To cope with the pain of reality Walter drinks heavily and comes home several drunk and verbally attacking Ruth. Finding out about Ruth’s pregnancy upsets Walter and he flies into a rage questioning Ruth about who really
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In most cases when there are two versions of something we can find differences and similarities‚ such as when a book is made into a movie. An example of this is the book To Kill A Mockingbird which was made into a movie‚ these two versions are very different but portray the same story. The movie does a good job in presenting the main points of the book but overall the film and the novel are dissimilar more than they are alike. The three main differences are the
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Comparisons of Films From watching the older and more modern version of the killing of Mercutio and Tybalt there are obvious differences‚ as well as hidden ones. The comparison is between the Zeffirelli version and the more modern version. Watching these movies‚ paying close attention is important because it is not just the scenery and which characters are played by whom‚ but what the director was trying to portray in this scene. Both these versions were very different and it is obvious that
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Usually‚ when a movie is made about a story in a book or a play‚ the two stories are not exactly the same. The movie tends to add small details or leave some out in order to meet time limits and to make the story what they think will be more interesting. Such is the case with Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The movie starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close left out and even added things that were not originally in the play. When Shakespeare wrote Hamlet he did not write in a scene depicting the funeral
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