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    Compare and Contrast A Raisin In The Sun Essay In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, and 1961 movie written by Lorraine Hansberry and presented by Columbia pictures, one of the most important themes is the American Dream. Many of the characters have hopes and dreams. They all strive towards their goals throughout. However, many of the characters have different dreams that clash with each other. Problems seem to arise when different people’s dreams conflict with one another

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    Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” is a groundbreaking play that deals with familiar but important themes. One of the themes that is especially prominent is dreams. Characters in the play are under the mentality to progress and elevate. But due to the circumstances, we have the proverbial irresistible force vs the immovable object. Everyone but Travis in the Youngers family voices his/her dreams and plans in making said dreams come to life. Beneatha’s dream is to become a successful doctor

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    Drama 160 Term Paper: Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun is a monumental play in the theatrical world. Produced in 1959, it became the first play written by an African-American woman to hit the stage and was later nominated for several Tony Awards. The play touched many controversial themes of the time including racial discrimination and poverty. The design of Raisin in the Sun, including scenic, costume, lighting, and sound elements, were crucial to developing the plot

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    In the texts, A Raisin in the Sun and Antigone, written by Lorraine Hansberry and Sophocles, respectively, the lens of Fate vs. Free Will is exposed within the situations and dialogues in these plays. However, to analyze these plays with this lens perspective, one must first recognize what this lens pertains to. The lens of Fate vs. Free Will pertains to the perspective of analyzing events in a story and deciding whether they occur due to a predetermined destiny, or rather, a choice made by a character’s

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    A Raisin in the Sun “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes greatly impacted A Raisin in the Sun. In A Raisin in the Sun an average family of African Americans try to make a life in a dump of a home. They try to use money gained from insurance wisely and end up buying a house in a white suburb. Conflicts arise as this decision was made and feelings were hurt. After all is said and done the family is content with how things turned out. Many ideas that are brought up in Hughes’ poem can relate exactly

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    A Raisin in The Sun is about a family that goes through struggles for finding their dreams to try and make money for themselves to keep the family together. While Langston Hughes made poems about his past that you can compare with Lorraine Hansberry. Walter Lee’s dreams get crashed multiple of times as Langston Hughes writes about African-American dreams get crushed during the Harlem Renaissance in his poems Harlem, Dreams, Democracy, and As I Grew Older. In my theory Lorraine Hansberry and Langston

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    through or the more obstacles they encounter, it leads to a larger victory. In agreement with this quote, the advantage of struggles is demonstrated in the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Set in the South Side of Chicago, the Younger family faced adversity in A Raisin in the Sun. When Mama received her deceased husband’s insurance money, the entire family had different plans for it. She decided to make a down payment on a house and

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    A Raisin in the Sun Introduction The movie “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry is about an African American family who receives an insurance check for $10,000 from Mr. Younger’s life insurance policy. Each of the family members are anticipating doing something different with the money; in the meantime “mama” has plans to buy a house for the family. The Younger family faces economic hardships and racial discrimination during their struggles to gain middle-class acceptance. The movie “A Raisin

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    Sophocles’ Antigone and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun are both classic works of literature and drama. Set in Ancient Greece and Chicago’s South Side during the 1950s, respectively, they both chronicle a family that faces conflict that threatens to tear their interpersonal bonds apart. The two plays explore the concept of money and the influence it holds over people. In A Raisin in the Sun, Mama receives a ten thousand dollar insurance check at the beginning of the story, and the characters

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    A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry shows the life of African Americans in the 1960’s. The Younger family represents a typical black family: a small apartment, not enough money, and low quality jobs. When a $10,000 check is given to Lena Younger (Mama) from an insurance company, the Younger family’s lives change. The family must decide what they want to do with the money. Everyone has their dream – the American dream. The American dream is having a backyard to play in, having a garden, a fence

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