A Raisin in the Sun Themes
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- Created on: 05-02-19 11:20
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- Themes
- Dreams
- Walter dreams of wealth and providing for his family
- Deferred by lack of money and opportunity
- Mama and Ruth dream of a happy, united family
- Beneatha dreams of education and independence
- Deferred by lack of money and opportunity
- Mama and Ruth dream of a happy, united family
- Beneatha dreams of education and independence
- Walter dreams of wealth and providing for his family
- Feminism
- Beneatha is independent and ambitious
- Dreams of becoming a doctor
- Does not see any need to get married
- Mama still holds on to old traditions
- Wants a man (Walter) as head of the household
- Ruth does not want Walter to walk all over her anymore
- Beneatha is independent and ambitious
- Race
- Lindner offers them money because they don't want black people in their white community
- Made to feel unwanted
- Even though racism is not as physical anymore, it is still present
- Revolutionary way of portraying black people- realistic, not comedic or stereotypical
- Lindner offers them money because they don't want black people in their white community
- Identity
- Beneatha wants to find her African heritage
- Supported by Asagai, criticised by George
- Difficult to identify as American when the people do not want you
- Beneatha wants to find her African heritage
- Family
- Family's pride cannot be sold
- Youngers always stand by each other
- Money
- Thought to be the root of their problems
- Discover that love and pride is more important
- Controls Walter's life
- Walter says 'money is life'
- Reason most of their dreams don't some true
- Thought to be the root of their problems
- Dreams
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