Characters
This character is a woman in her early sixties, and is described as being full bodied and strong.
Who is Mama (Lena Younger)?
This quote is said by a character:
"Eat your eggs, Walter!"
Who is Ruth Younger?
Travis needs 50 cents for school. This character gives them this amount of money.
Who is Walter and one dollar?
This symbol represents identity, refusal to "assimilate", and connection to African roots for Beneatha.
What is Beneatha's cut & natural hair?
This is the author of the play, A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
This character is about thirty, and was previously a pretty girl, but whose appearance has been affected by the disappointments faced in life.
Who is Ruth Younger?
This quote is said by a character:
"I am not an assimilationist!"
Who is Beneatha Younger?
Asagai brings Beneatha these 2 gifts when he visits her home.
What are the Nigerian robes/dress and the records?
This symbol represents Mama's American Dream-- hope and growth for her family towards a better future.
What is Mama's plant?
This play is set in this city in the USA.
Where is Chicago?
This character is a lean, intense man in his middle thirties, who is inclined to quick nervous movements and speech habits.
Who is Walter Younger?
This quote is said by a character:
"Oh-- So now it's life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life-- now it's money.."
Who is Mama?
Karl Lindner, a representative of the Cybourne Park Improvement Association, comes to the Younger family's apartment and proposes this.
What is to receive a pay out from the association so they don't move into the neighborhood.
This symbol represents Ruth and the family's disinterest in Walter's dreams-- focusing on maintaining the status quo instead of change.
What are eggs?
This play is set during this time period, also known as the start of the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the 1950s?
This character is about twenty, with a lean, intellectual face, and speaks differently than the rest of the family due to education.
Who is Beneatha Younger?
This quote is said by a character:
"It means.. It means One for Whom Bread-- Food-- Is Not Enough"
Who is Joseph Asagai?
Mama gives Walter the remaining $6,500 from the insurance money. This is what she wants him to do with the money.
This symbol represents the life of the Younger family-- worn and exhausted.
What is the apartment?
This play has this many acts in the story.
What are 3 acts?
This character is described as a dramatic-looking young man from Africa, an intellectual who studied abroad in Canada.
Who is Joseph Asagai?
This quote is said by a character:
"It's simple. You read books-- to learn facts-- to get grades-- to pass the course-- to get a degree. That's all-- it has nothing to do with thoughts"
Who is George Murchison?
The Younger family buys Mama these two gifts to celebrate moving into their new home.
What are gardening tools and a gardening hat?
This symbol represents the entire family's hopes and dreams brought by Big Walter's sacrifice.
What is the $10,000 insurance money?
Other than people, the apartment has these two creatures living in it.
What are cockroaches and rats?
This character is a handsome, rich college student, who is described by another character as shallow and foolish.
Who is George Murchison?
This quote is said by a character:
"You just can't force people to change their hearts, son"
Who is Karl Lindner?
When George Murchison visits the Younger's apartment, he compares Walter to this Greek mythology.
Who is Prometheus?
This symbol represents Walter's escape from burden and responsibility.
What is alcohol?
A Raisin in the Sun was the first play written by an African American to debut in this theatre.
What is Broadway?