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A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun. By Lorraine Hansberry. Lorraine Hansberry. Youngest of 4 children Parents, prominent intellectuals Father purchased a house in an all-white neighborhood Threatened by white mob and forced to leave by a court order Hansberry took the case to the supreme court and won.

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A Raisin in the Sun

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  1. A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry

  2. Lorraine Hansberry • Youngest of 4 children • Parents, prominent intellectuals • Father purchased a house in an all-white neighborhood • Threatened by white mob and forced to leave by a court order • Hansberry took the case to the supreme court and won.

  3. A Dream Deferredby Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?

  4. Plot/Setting • Chicago’s South side • Early 1950’s • “the living of too many people for too many years” • Money conflicts • Conflicts outside the family • Climax is a make or break moment • Resolution reveals the strength of the family

  5. Characters • Lena Younger-Mama • Walter Lee Younger-35 yr. old son, chauffeur and father of one son. Dreams of owning his own business. Neglects his wife • Ruth Younger- Walter’s wife , mother of their son, Travis • Beneatha Younger-Mama’s college-age daughter, dreams of becoming a doctor. She has two boy friends; George Murchison and Joseph Asagai

  6. Themes • The American Dream • The power of prejudice • From defeat to victory

  7. Characterization • Flat • Round • Static/dynamic • Protagonists • antagonist

  8. Symbols • Plant • Insurance money • New house • Nigerian clothes and music

  9. vocabulary • Indictment-accusation • Drily(dryly)-matter-of –factly; without emotion • Exasperated-irritated; annoyed • Oppression-feeling of being greatly troubled or harshly treated • Ally-supporter or confederate • Mutual-shared; held in common

  10. vocabulary • Anguish-pain and suffering; sorrow • Permeated-penetrated and affected every part • Hereros-Bantu-speaking ethnic group in Namibia(formerly called South West Africa) • Unobtrusively-without attracting attention • Furtively-thoughtful • Reflective- thoughtful; meditative

  11. Vocabulary • Yoruba-in the language of the Yoruba, an ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria and parts of Benin and Togo • Assimilation-policy of fully absorbing minority groups into the dominant culture so that their members lose their ethnic and cultural identities

  12. ACT II/Vocabulary Madama Butterfly- heroine of the opera Ocomogosiay-coined word combining syllables from Yoruba, Swahili, and Zulu to represent a shout of triumph in a battle Pearl Baily- American entertainer, singer, and actress. Ruth imitates her.

  13. Alundi- Yoruba for “happy holiday” • Jomo- Kenyatta, African nationalist leader and first president of Kenya • Owimoweh- variation of a Zulu word for “lion” • Chaka- great Zulu chief and military leader

  14. Ashanti empires- reference is to the powerful eighteenth and nineteenth century Ashanti empire in present day Ghana • Songhay Civilizations- reference is to a fifteenth and sixteenth century West African empire and great trading state. • Benin- West African country known for its wooden masks, bronze statuettes, and pottery

  15. Bantu- subgroup of languages including Zulu and Swahili spoken in Africa • Sobriety- state of being sober, clearheaded • Resignation- passive acceptance • Revelation- disclosure; something made known • Imploring- pleading

  16. Crackers- derogatory term for impoverished white people • Vigor- intense strength; vitality • Exuberant- full of life; uninhabited • Peckerwoods – derogatory term for impoverished white people • Conked- hair that has been chemically straightened and is worn smoothed down

  17. NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. To use legal means to end discrimination against African Americans • Thirty pieces …..less- allusion to the thirty pieces of silver that Judas Iscariot received for betraying Jesus • Saucily- sassily; impertinently • Taut-tense; strained

  18. ACT III/Vocabulary • Retrogression-backward movement • Flippancy-playful impudence • Wrought- created; made • Ofay- derogatory slang for a white person • Gait- manner of walking

  19. Agitated-excited; frantic • Epitaph- short composition • Negotiate-bargain; arrange to conclude a business deal • Groping- searching uncertainly; fumbling • Reverie- daydream; dream like attention • Bustling- energetic activity; busyness

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