Raisin in the Sun

A look at the 1961 film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning play, "A Raisin in the Sun," as it works to answer Langston Hughes' timeless question: "What happens to a dream deferred?"

Essay about how people change when circumstances become better or worse. when you go from having lots of money to having no money.

Insight into the importance of dreams in Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun and in Hansberry's decision to include Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred" at the beginning of the play.

The underlying nature of Beneatha's actions and understanding the significant role Beneatha plays as the archetype of a woman who is ambitious, though repressed, by society and other external factors

A cultural view of theater looking at "A Raisin in The Sun," "Oedipus Rex," and "Rent." This article also looks at theaters relevance to the civil rights movement, as well as how theater affects culture and how modern society affects theater.

The three main female characters in A Raisin in the Sun are Mama, Beneatha, and Ruth. Each has very different personalities and different dreams for the future.

A research report that discusses the book/movie titled, A Raisin in the Sun.

An insight and analysis into the classic story of a struggling African-American family.

A book review of "A Raisin in the Sun"by Lorraine Hansberry.

The reasons why Walter from "A Raisin in the Sun" buys the liquor store.

The coming of age of the Younger children is an important theme in Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun."

Throughout Lorraine Hansberry's screenplay, A Raisin in the Sun, the character Walter Lee Younger went through a moral metamorphosis. Walter is introduced as a young man in years and in maturity whose conflict with the world is rooted in desire.

In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry relates the plight of the African-American to a vast and varied audience using dreams as a device- a conduit through which she can translate her message into a universally understandable story which any human being can understand.

Beneatha's educated, upper-class boyriend George provides an important reality check for Walter, her eternally scheming and dreaming brother.

This is a paper I wrote for my class on 20th Century Writers. It explores the play "A Raisin in the Sun" and how economic issues play a key role in the conflicts of each relationship in the Younger family. This is an excellent play about dreams deferred.

This play contains extremely important and strong female characters and truly portrays women in various ways according to the time in history in which it was written.

Calling someone a self-hater is fun and all, but what are we really saying about our peers?

This is an overview of the first act of the play A Raisin in the Sun.

A poem.

Here I offer an analysis of the elements in the play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansbury.

A poem

This adaptation of 'A Raisin in the Sun' shines brilliantly.

Beneatha does not want to identify with things American nor with her own family in order to have a sense of self.

Series of journal entries about a writer's adventures in 2002 when she took an acting class. Entries are over the semester from January to June. Names and identifying marks have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty!