Characters
This character wakes up early to manage the household and tries to keep the peace.
Who is Ruth Younger?
Finish the following question "What happens to a ________ __________?"
What is dream deferred ?
When a story briefly shifts to an earlier event in a character’s life, the author is using this literary device.
What is a flashback?
Act I, Scene 1 opens in this location.
What is the Younger family’s small apartment?
Walter felt despondent after another long day of working as a chauffeur with no progress toward his dream.
What does despondent most nearly mean?
A. Excited
B. Discouraged
C. Angry
D. Confused
What is discouraged ?
This character values faith, family, and buying a house with the insurance money.
Who is Mama?
The first African American woman playwright to have a play performed on Broadway
Who is Lorraine Hansberry ?
Hansberry starts the play using this writing strategy to inform the reader of the Younger's economic situation.
What is Setting?
Beneatha says these people are more snobbish than rich white people.
What are rich colored people ?
Beneatha rejects assimilation, refusing to give up her cultural identity to fit into mainstream society.
What does assimilation most nearly mean in this context?
A. Isolation from others
B. Adapting to the dominant culture
C. Arguing about traditions
D. Achieving financial success
What is B. Adapting to the dominant culture?
He dreams of financial independence and believes money will give him power.
Who is Walter?
This Harlem Renaissance poet is credited as Hansberry's inspiration for the title of the play.
Who is Langston Hughes ?
Walter arguing with Beneatha is an example of ? Be Specific !
What is external conflict?
Instead of helping Beneatha or Walter, Ruth suggested Mama just does this.
What is take a trip?
" She is one of those women of a certain grace and beauty who wear it so unobtrusively that it takes a while to notice her"(39).
Define unobtrusively
a. not conspicuous or attracting attention
b.bold
What is " not conspicuous or attracting attention"?
She dreams of self-fulfillment, breaking gender roles, and racial barriers through education.
Who is Ruth ?
During this time more than 6 million African Americans moved from the the rural South to cities like Chicago.
What is The Great Migration ?
When a character’s thoughts, actions, and dialogue reveal their traits instead of the narrator stating them directly, this technique is being used.
What is indirect characterization?
In Scene 1, Walter and Ruth argue mainly about this issue.
What is money / the insurance check / investing in a liquor store?
Ruth’s expression showed exasperation as Walter continued to argue.
Which word is a synonym for exasperation?
A. Delight
B. Confusion
C. Frustration
D. Surprise
What is C. frustration ?
This character’s internal conflict involves pride, masculinity, and feeling powerless.
Who is Walter Younger?
The Younger family is waiting for this significant financial payment.
What is $10,000 insurance check ?
This symbolizes perseverance and resilience within the Younger family.
What is Mama's plant?
The cramped apartment setting in Scene 1 develops this larger social issue affecting the Younger family.
What is racial housing discrimination / segregation / economic inequality?
Walter feels oppressed by the limitations placed on him.
Which word is an antonym for oppressed?
A. Restricted
B. Limited
C. Liberated
D. Frustrated
What is liberated?