Title/Setting
Personification transfers this quality of the Youngers themselves to their overused living room furniture:
"Tired"
Big Walter
The teacher told them to bring it to school.
A ruler who uses power in a harsh, cruel manner; a dictator
Tyrant
Irritated; fed up
Walter and Ruth's son
Travis
Why is Travis so sleepy in the morning?
Walter has been hanging out all night talking with his friends in Travis' room.
Common; not unique
Undistinguished
Secretly; sneakily
Furtively
Walter's sister
Beneatha or Bennie
The two families compete for the bathroom that everyone on the hall has to share.
The act of getting back at someone; retribution
Vengeance
Futile
Walter's wife
Ruth
What happened to Big Walter that took away his spirit?
The Youngers lost their baby, Claude and Big Walter had been a family man who loved his children.
With hatred; cruelly
Viciously
A suggested plan
Proposition
Mother of Walter and Beneatha
Mama or Lena
How does Mama respond to Walter about the liquor store, and what's her real reason for not supporting the venture?
She says they are "not business people...just plain working folks," but she doesn't like the idea of supporting a liquor store.
Cleared of an accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt
Vindicated
Uncertainly; with hesitation
Tentatively