Characters
This is who buys the house in Clybourne Park
Mama
Says he wants to be a bus driver
Travis
This provides a constant source of conflict and preoccupation in the Younger household.
Insurance check/money
Chicago, Illinois
He is wealthy, arrogant, conceited and dating Beneatha.
George
Dreams of moving out of the house almost as much as anyone. Joyfully smashes up bits of the house in celebration.
Ruth
The main reason Mama objects to Walter's business plans
The business involves selling alcohol
Time period of the play
1950s (unspecified year)
Wants to be able to be the man of the house Wants to support his family. Wants to not work for someone else.
Walter
Dreams of a fancy car, a nice house with a garden, and educational opportunities for their child
Walter
Mama gives Walter the insurance money because----
She wants to have faith in her son and help him personally
Name of the poet who inspired the title of the play
Langston Hughes
The man who wants to buy the house back from the Youngers
Karl Lindner
Both these characters want a relationship with Beneatha
Asagai and George
Lindner coming over to the house emphasizes this societal struggle for the Younger family
Racism
Religion of the Younger family
Christian
The plant symbolizes this character and their family's survival
Mama
The shared dream among the Younger family
To live in a house
This is what happens with the money Mama gives Walter...
It gets lost/stolen in a bad business deal
This person wrote the screenplay for the movie adaptation
Lorraine Hansberry