Dec 21, 2009

A Raisin in the Sun | A Raisin in the Sun

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Author: Lorraine Hansberry
First Published: 1959
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Family
Time of Work: The 1950’s
Setting: Chicago, Illinois
Genres: Social realism, Family literature, Drama
Subjects: 1950’s, African Americans, Discrimination, Segregation or integration, Family or family life, 1940’s, Yards or backyards, Chicago, Poverty or poor people, Inner cities or inner-city life, Success or failure
Locales: Chicago, IL

Characters Discussed

Lena Younger, called Mama, a retired domestic and the matriarch of the Younger family. In her early sixties, she is a religious, optimistic, and proud black woman. Recently widowed, she speaks of her departed husband with love and presents him as a role model for other family members to emulate. She is a self-sacrificing woman, and the well-being of her family occupies her thoughts. She does not hesitate to rebuke family members for actions that oppose the values that she and her husband promoted. Her husband’s ten thousand dollar life insurance policy...

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A Raisin in the Sun | A Raisin in the Sun

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