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¶ … Setting in "A Raisin in the Sun"
In the play, "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Handsberry, the primary setting is the apartment of the Youngers family. In fact, the majority of the action of the play occurs within the confines of the family apartment. The plot of the play is focuses upon the apartment as well -- what the apartment is, and what the apartment is not. Primary, the apartment is not an adequate domicile for the Youngers family for a variety of reasons, which play out over the course of the narrative. The apartment is arguably a character in the play, just as the Youngers family members and the other assorted characters are in "A Raisin in the Sun." The paper will explain how the description of the Youngers' apartment contributes to the mood of the play.
Before describing the internal elements of the apartment, understanding where the apartment is physically in space helps...
The apartment is in the slums or very poor and dangerous areas in the city of Chicago. Not only is it in Chicago, an American city with quite a history of notorious criminal activity, but also the family lives on the south side of Chicago, an area with a reputation for being one of the most dangerous parts of the city. They are an African-American family living in the poorest part of the most dangerous part of town during the 1950s, the decade that precedes the Civil Rights Movement. During this time in America, many people who are not white and especially African-Americans were targeted and brutalized by various agencies of the government, including the local police departments. Therefore, the setting of the apartment, before the readers know what the interior of the place looks like, provides a great deal of insight as to the nature of the tone during the…
References:
Handsberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. New York, NY: Random house, 1959. Print.
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The development of the character of his sister is in direct defiance of his personality. It is interesting to note that it is the sister who wants to have the family return to their African roots and Walter who seems to want to join the white capitalist society. In the era that the play is set it was usually the men who wanted to hold fast to their heritage while
' But now he said nothing" (Faulkner). In contrast, the Younger family members also grow and change. Most notably, Walter Lee takes on the role of leader in the family, and makes the right decision for the rest of his family members. Critic Domina notes, "He must become the acknowledged head of his family, and he must also interact with other adult males as an equal" (Domina 113). These two
While the family does move anyway, they are changed. Walter learns that he cannot trust everyone and every fly-by-night idea is probably just a fraud. Curing the sick was the most important thing to Beneatha before Walter lost the money. After the incident, she does not seem to care as much and she tells him, curing the sick is "not close enough to what ails mankind" (Hansberry 2254). Losing
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Lysistrata, Oedipus Rex, And a Raisin in the Sun on the Issue of Social Influence This is an illustration of the role of social, family and individual influence in the three plays, focusing on how influence changed the lives of the protagonists of Aristophranes' Lysistrata, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. It uses 7 sources and is in MLA format. Every individual is at some point of his