by Dan | Feb 11, 2021 | ENGLISH
A Raisin in the Sun is Walter Younger’s story. But powerful women who at times dominate the stagesurround this character. Ruth and Beneatha, like Walter, are struggling to liberate themselves not only from theillusions of their time, but also the repressive aspects of...
by Dan | Nov 15, 2020 | Main
The reading on “The Nature of Drama” primarily discusses the specific narrative power of a staged performance. Summarize the text’s claims about this. Although we are reading A Raisin in the Sun, rather than watching a performance, do you find that...
by Dan | Jun 3, 2019 | Literature
In a 2,000 word (or four-page) paper, please make an argument about a central idea of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. You will want to dig deep and combine some of the smaller themes or ideas to create a more nuanced and complex central argument. I have...
by Dan | Sep 26, 2018 | Essays
Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, is prefaced by a Langston Hughes poem. Please re-read the poem. “Harlem” By Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink...
by Dan | Aug 28, 2018 | Main
• Read “African American and Ethnic Studies” (1838-1840) ReadingNiewing – View the 1961 film production of “A Raisin in the Sun,” directed by Daniel Petrie. Libraries have them available for free checkout or view it on YouTube.com by...
