A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is realistic fiction in which the play’s title and characters represent the play’s themes. The play focused on black Americans struggles to reach the American Dream of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness during the 1950’s and 1960’s. the idea of everyone having a the chance to achieve a better life should exist. Hansberry created her title using a line from Langston Hughes poem “ A Dream Deferred”. The original poem was written in 1951 about Harlem
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In Sophocles’s tragedy Antigone‚ conflicting ideas about loyalty is brought up. Between Creon and Antigone‚ who is more loyal and what is their outlook of loyalty? To me Antigone is more loyal than Creon‚ Antigone is a stubborn child of Oedipus. Antigone doesn’t believe that Creon in as strong enough to stand in her way. She believes that both of her brothers deserved a soldier’s funeral. Antigone’s loyalty did preserved her life like we all hoped‚ it ended her life at a young age. The concept of
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Prophecy and fate play a central role in Sophocles’ Greek tragedy‚ Oedipus the King. Even before Oedipus is born‚ the god Apollo has already determined the tragic nature of his existence. Each action that Oedipus takes to defy the gods causes himself and the city of Thebes to suffer greatly‚ substantiating Apollo’s original intentions. It is important to note that the audience is aware of the ultimate outcome of Oedipus. Sophocles used tragic irony in many plays‚ where the audience understands the
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Antigone Foil – characters who have contrasting or opposite qualities. In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ Ismene is shown to be in great contrast to Antigone‚ who is her sister. She is portrayed as a gentle and passive while Antigone is depicted as an aggressive and headstrong woman. In the prologue‚ Antigone and Ismene are shown discussing what has transpired since their leave and subsequent return to Thebes. In this scene Antigone asks her sister in line 6-7 “have they told you of the new decree
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whether it is to be famous‚ have a nice family or even just to pass high school. Walter Lee Younger’s dream was to make a lot of money. In pursuit of his dream‚ Walter let it get in the way of his family and values. In the Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Walter realizes that his family is more important than his dreams because‚ in the beginning‚ all he cared about was money and he was selfish but‚ in the end‚ he decided his family was more important than money. In the beginning
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always a Julius Caesar or Donald Trump kind of person. In a lot of instances‚ these types of people end up with a wealth of success‚ but it always comes with a cost: they expose who they really are‚ for better or worse. In Antigone‚ a tragic play by Sophocles that takes place in Greece in around 441 B.C.‚ a man named Creon takes over as king of Thebes after the exile of his brother in-law and former king‚
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reads‚ it is likely that they witness symbolism. Whether they notice or not is to be determined. Symbolism may serve a greater propose then it seem and it might even foreshadow a certain feeling or event. In the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry‚ there are many examples of symbolism. In this play‚ sunshine‚ Mama’s “raggedy-looking” plant‚ and the new house represent the characters’ happiness‚ relationship‚ and hope. First‚ mention of sunshine is used as a form of happiness. After Mama’s
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Karina Lazcano Oedipus the King by Sophocles English Literature Anderson Many will argue that fate cannot be escaped in Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ where the main character is portrayed as a tragic hero with a predetermined fate. Both the concept of fate and freewill played an innate part in Oedipus ’ downfall. The play suggests that fate dominates over free will. Oedipus never had control of his fate; the day his mother gave birth to him‚ his parents attempted to kill him in order to prevent
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With the lack of money the child won’t have a lot of confidence due to the society picture of everyone no matter who they are. "WALTER In fact‚ here’s another fifty cents...Buy yourself some fruit today---or take a taxicab to school or something!" (Hansberry 31). Walter knowing what will happen to Travis’s confidence and his picture in public‚ he gave him money for school and an extra fifty cents for fruit or a taxi. What Walter had done showed Travis that his parents aren’t living bad‚ but rather that
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Zindel‚ John and Lorraine are two sophomores that come together to write a memorial epic about Mr. Pignati‚ who they call the pigman. John always wants things for his own benefit and takes things more greedily‚ and Lorraine is someone who cares about others before herself. For example‚ John and Lorraine were offered money by the Mr. Pignati and John was ready to take the money for his own benefit. Meanwhile‚ Lorraine did not want to take anything from the poor old man. John and Lorraine are vastly different
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