Why is Hansberry's play still significant today, several years after it was written? This drama, performed by an African American cast, premiered in a racially segregated United States in 1959. The Younger family is central to the plot. Beneatha Younger is curious about her African ancestors. Walter Younger is an...
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A variety of recent plays and literature are a stronghold in the movement to combat inequality and bigotry myths in today s culture vis- -vis prejudice vices such as ethnicity, color, and religion, among others. Similarly, Lorraine Hansberry s play A Raising in the Sun portrays racial injustice against younger...
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Lorraine Hansberry wrote the play A Raisin in the Light. The play is about a lower-class black family attempting to achieve middle-class recognition. The play begins with one of the actors, Mama, a sixty-year-old mother of the family who is about to collect a $10,000 insurance payout after the death...
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The play A Raisin in the Sun The play A Raisin in the Sun, talks about two key characters Walter and Beneathaboth from the same family who have alike traits. Beneatha, Walter's younger sister, is a college student who plans to go to medical school. She appears to the most intellectual...
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