A Raisin in the Sun

Beneatha’s dream is one of personal progression and success. She desires to become a doctor, an ambitious goal given her status as a black woman in 1950s America. This dream signifies her ambition to break away from the traditional gender roles expected of women of that time. Her desire for…

Assimilationism in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is a powerful theme throughout the play. Assimilationism refers to the idea of trying to fit into a culture or society that you are not originally from through adopting its values, beliefs and practices. In the play, it is displayed through…

The paper aims at analyzing the connection between two literary works. The first work is the play A Raisin in the Sun, produced by Lorraine Hansberry. The second work is the poem Harlem, authored by Langston Hughes. Hansberry borrowed the phrase “A Raisin in the Sun” from Hughes’ poem because…

This is a play by Lorraine Hansberry. It is about the poor African American family dealing with poverty as well as other problems such as racism in Chicago. This text, therefore, provides a detailed plot overview of the events. A Quick Synopsis of the Play The plot is based on…

Through depicting Beneatha’s changing of her hair, the (Hansberry, Nemiroff, and Baraka, 61) is attempting to show how the minority blacks are socially conditioned to follow the Caucasian standards of beauty. Beneatha has straightened her hair in order to get rid of her African black image but The Nigerian student…

‘A Raisin’ in the Sun’ by Lorraine Hansberry, (1959) is a touching family drama that projects the dreams, hopesand plans of the members of the black Younger family that forms the central conflict of this engaging narrative. The play occurs in Chicago, after the Second World War, when the Younger…

Oppression and Hope in Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry’s play is a close study of an African-American family and their struggles to fulfill their various dreams in 1950’s America. The story represents the ultimate triumph of hope and action over the oppressive confines and prejudices of society. Sometimes, however,…

Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago to the Republican and well-to-do couple Carl and Nannie Perry Hansberry. On their daughter’s birth certificate, they crossed out the word “Negro” replacing it with “Black” – a testament to the Afrocentric ideology. During the Great Depression, the Hansberrys remained upper middle class and…

Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun” deals with several themes including racial tension, oppression, family conflict and the fulfillment of dreams. The character of Walter as the protagonist of the play also serves as a form of antagonist. Many of the plays themes and plot developments centre on Walter…

The Gender Issue in 1950’s During the post war period, the American society saw many changes. The society faced several after effects of war. Before war, the American society had fixed gender roles: the male was the bread winner and the female was the house keeper (Dauphin, 2006). These roles…