ABSTRACT: The main ideas of African- American literature are used to portray about human and social rights. The black writers have used to tell the world about the scars and pains of Black Life .The enslaved Africans expressed their sorrows, frustration, anger, oppression, and religious faith in firm voice. This play shows how the protagonist was dominated by White and how she fought against discrimination.
Key words: Hansberry, Raisin, Clyboure, dreams, Youngers.
INTRODUCTION: Lorraine Hansberry, undoubtedly known as the best Black Woman playwright. Her play A Raisin in the Sun was staged on Broadway in 1959 and won critical acclaim and the New York Drama Critics’, Circle Award as the best play of the 1958-59 theatre seasons. The play …show more content…
In it Lorraine shows an entire black family in a realist light. She even uses black vernacular throughout the play and probes deep into the important issues such as poverty, discrimination and the construction of African-American racial identity. It explores not only the difference between White and Black society but also the strain within the black community over how to react to an oppressive white community. A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers, an African-American family living on the South side of Chicago in the 1950s. The Youngers, - Mama, Walter, Beneatha, Ruth and Travis- are living in a ghetto. They are about to receive an insurance check for ten thousand dollars. It comes from the deceased Mr. Younger’s life insurance policy. Mama has a dream of purchasing an own house with light and enough space for …show more content…
The play has a reference to a conjecture whether those dreams shrivel up like a raisin in the sun. In short, the Youngers', struggle to attain these dreams throughout the play and of their happiness and depression is directly related to their attainment of, or failure to attain, these dreams. However, the play asserts that the dream of a house is the most important dream as it unites the family. The whole play runs parallel to V. S. Naipaul's novel, A House for Mr. Biswas, where Mr. Biswas dreams of owning a house of his
Key words: Hansberry, Raisin, Clyboure, dreams, Youngers.
INTRODUCTION: Lorraine Hansberry, undoubtedly known as the best Black Woman playwright. Her play A Raisin in the Sun was staged on Broadway in 1959 and won critical acclaim and the New York Drama Critics’, Circle Award as the best play of the 1958-59 theatre seasons. The play …show more content…
In it Lorraine shows an entire black family in a realist light. She even uses black vernacular throughout the play and probes deep into the important issues such as poverty, discrimination and the construction of African-American racial identity. It explores not only the difference between White and Black society but also the strain within the black community over how to react to an oppressive white community. A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers, an African-American family living on the South side of Chicago in the 1950s. The Youngers, - Mama, Walter, Beneatha, Ruth and Travis- are living in a ghetto. They are about to receive an insurance check for ten thousand dollars. It comes from the deceased Mr. Younger’s life insurance policy. Mama has a dream of purchasing an own house with light and enough space for …show more content…
The play has a reference to a conjecture whether those dreams shrivel up like a raisin in the sun. In short, the Youngers', struggle to attain these dreams throughout the play and of their happiness and depression is directly related to their attainment of, or failure to attain, these dreams. However, the play asserts that the dream of a house is the most important dream as it unites the family. The whole play runs parallel to V. S. Naipaul's novel, A House for Mr. Biswas, where Mr. Biswas dreams of owning a house of his