Essays on Loraine Hansberry

Langston Hughes once asked, “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...

Summary of Critical Race Theory Critical Race Theory (CRT) is based on race which functions as a socially constructed notion to enforce the ambitions of the white population which developed it. According to CRT, systematic racism arises from cultural, political, and legal disparities that white...

In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, the theme, dreams, is depicted through the eyes of Ruth, Mama, Walter, and Benetha. Furthermore, the play is about the members of the Younger family who oftentimes have their dreams be deferred because the wealth of the...

Loraine Hansberry’s play “A raisin in the sun” carries on the tradition of the Harlem renaissance by including centering black characters and confronting racial injustice, also celebrating black culture. It may depart and extend by the lack of the characteristic of referencing other art forms....

The play, A Raisin in the Sun is about a poor family living in South Chicago. The family consists of five members having big dreams to better themselves with insurance money from the death of their father. I am going to focus on Lena Younger’s...