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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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    another‚ hold different opinions. Whites and African Americans both have thought about one another through past racial events to drive up opinions against one another. A written play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ holds the feelings between African American and Whites before it even improved. Since the play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ racial feelings‚ for both races‚ in equality

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    A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway in 1959. Critics have consistently mentioned the honesty presented throughout the play. The actors in all the remakes of this play have all had been claimed to be “vivid” “eloquent” and “heroic”. The set was accurate to what they know about the real life situation Hansberry lived in. In reviewing its Broadway debut‚ critic Brooks Atkinson praised the way A Raisin in the Sun was played out and who played it. Claiming‚ “ A Raisin in the Sun has vigor as well

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    A Raisin in the Sun Essay Assignment Rough Draft In Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun‚” Walter Younger is an idealist who failed to see reality and how things actually work out. Walter is in his 30s yet he still lives with his mother‚ who holds the family together. He isn’t capable of caring for a family and making the right decisions. He has a dream of owning a liquor store that his family opposes to yet he still tried to obtain it. Walter is a man of flaws because of his

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    A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959. This play is about a lower class African American family dealing with their living conditions on the Southside of Chicago. The title of the play was inspired by the poem A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes. Hughes’ poem describes the differing paths people take in life. This idea is displayed throughout the play as every character has different aspirations in life and will do whatever they can to accomplish their goals. For this

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    “A Raisin in the Sun‚” by Lorraine Hansberry has many connections with the previous books we’ve read. “Of Mice and Men‚” by John Steinback mainly focused on dreams‚ similar to “A Raisin in the Sun.” Jane from “Jane Eyre” also is very similar to Beneatha from‚ “A Raisin in the Sun.” They are both independent and feminist women. The theme in “Native Sun” was mainly about racism. This effects many important things in the story. This had the same kind of theme as “A Raisin in the Sun.” It contrasts

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    drama‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the Younger family face many challenges‚ due to being an African American family‚ living in a small apartment‚ shortly after the World War II. These challenges vary from the amount of space in their living quarters‚ to even simply the abundance of racism. As a result of being an African American family during the 1950’s‚ the Younger family must cope with many vigorous challenges. One of the most demanding challenges was the Youngers’ living space

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    Raising in the sun Walter I have dissected something that looked like you yesterday”(30). This statement made by Beneatha to her brother Walter was missing from the new movie. the novel A Raisin in the Sun was a story of hope‚ legacy‚ racism and dreams for individual people and how they want to achieve them. It is a book that tell you the story of African American people in the 1940’s and what little they had back then and how hard they had to work to achieve their goals.There is more than one

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    A Raisin in the Sun: The play that changed a generation If you’ve ever thought about black history‚ chances are you may have heard of A Raisin in the Sun. Set in the south side of Chicago the story of Walter Younger and his family Ruth‚ Travis‚ and Lena. This story has many connections to the events that was happening at the time of the 1950’s. The author Lorraine B‚ thought this story would not be successful‚ But instead a deep look at society "all art including theater‚ is related

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    stay in our kid days for eternity. Eventually we will need to face the real world and go to school‚ and start figuring out what we want to do for a living. College is the perfect breeding ground for this. For some people‚ I know they are just looking for partying and sex‚ but then you have the smart‚ bright mind like Beneatha. In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Beneatha dreams of going to college and becoming a doctor. Her brother‚ Walter‚ heckles her about how she should just give up

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