Characters
This character dreams of using the insurance money to open a liquor store.
Who is Walter Lee Younger?
"A man needs for a woman to back him up..." is stated by this character.
Who is Walter?
The Younger family waits for this important item to arrive.
What is the $10,000 insurance check?
This poet's poem about postponed dreams, entitled "Harlem," inspired the name of the play.
Who is Langston Hughes?
The play takes place in this decade in Chicago.
What is the 1950s?
This character is studying to become a doctor and values independence.
Who is Beneatha Younger?
"Somebody would of thought my children done all but starved to death the way they talk about money here late" is stated by this character.
Who is Mama?
Mama uses part of the insurance money for this major purchase.
What is the house in Clybourne Park?
The insurance money is an example of this literary device because it stands for the family’s hopes and dreams.
What is symbolism?
The Younger family faces discrimination when trying to move into a neighborhood that is mostly this racial group.
What is a predominately white neighborhood?
This character puts a down payment on a house in Clybourne Park.
Who is Lena "Mama" Younger
"People have to express themselves one way or another" is stated by this character.
Who is Beneatha?
Walter gives this character the money for the liquor store investment.
Who is Willie Harris?
The plant Mama cares for throughout the play symbolizes this.
What is hope/growth/nurturing of the family's dreams.
Housing discrimination was enforced through these agreements preventing Black families from moving into certain neighborhoods.
What is Housing Segregation or Redlining?
This character becomes pregnant and considers an abortion due to financial and familial stress.
Who is Ruth Younger?
"I'll strap by baby on my back if I have to and scrub all the floors in America... but we got to MOVE!" was said by this character.
Who is Ruth?
This event causes the family to almost lose their dream of financial security.
What is Willie Harris stealing the money?
The cramped apartment represents this larger social issue.
What is racial segregation or economic inequality?
This event occurring before the play begins attributes to why Black families settled in northern cities, like Chicago.
What is the Great Migration?
This character visits the Younger family to discourage them from moving into the white neighborhood.
Who is Karl Lidner?
"I sure hope you people know what you're getting into" what said by this character.
Who is Karl Lidner?
At the end of the play, the Younger family decides to do this despite opposition.
What is move into the house in Clybourne Park?
When Walter imagines his future success before the money is lost, this is an example of this literary technique.
What is foreshadowing OR dramatic irony
This social ideology led the Youngers to want more for their lives.
What is the American Dream?