Mulatto

Mulatto is a socio-political play about a victim of divided inheritance. The action takes place in the 1930s, on a plantation in Georgia, at a time when whites exercised complete control over...

Langston Hughes wrote during the Harlem Renaissance period (1920s). Given his work extended past the 1920s, he has been associated with both the Modern and Post-Colonial periods as well. That said,...

Settings are very important to most texts given it allows the reader to make certain inferences about the characters simply based upon where the story takes place. Any actions which conflict with...

The main character in “Mulatto,” a poem by Langston Hugues, is nameless. He merely calls himself “your son” when addressing the white man. All we know about him comes from the rest of the poem. We...

The "style" section of the enotes study guide on Hughes' play "Mulatto" identifies three things that might help to answer your question: setting, language, and foreshadowing. The setting is...

Realism can be defined in a number of different ways, and your answer to this question will depend on your particular defintion. For example, you might define realism as an attempt to represent the...

At first I thought you were asking about a short story, such as Victor Sejour's "The Mulatto," but I think now that you mean Langston Hughes' play Mulatto. In Hughes' play, Cora is a black...

As the title of the story implies, Georges is a "mulatto," the product of a mixed-race heritage. His mother Laisa is a slave, raped by Albert, her wicked master with an appalling reputation for...

Here's the citation as it was generated for me when I followed the previous poster's instructions: "Mulatto: Introduction." Drama for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski. Vol. 18. Detroit: Gale,...

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