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By Lorraine Hansberry (Written in 1958) A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry (Written in 1958)

Lorraine Hansberry (2)

Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) Born in Chicago Educated at UW-Madison First African-American to write for Broadway http://www.nndb.com/people/101/000113759/lorraine-hansberry-1-sized.jpg

Lorraine Hansberry Raisin in the Sun inspired by experience Father sued over segregated Chicago neighborhood http://www.nndb.com/people/101/000113759/lorraine-hansberry-1-sized.jpg

Hansberry House (2)

Hansberry House All white neighborhood Family moved in in 1937 (6140 S. Rhodes Ave) All white neighborhood Family moved in in 1937 Two bricks thrown at windows http://www.nndb.com/people/101/000113759/lorraine-hansberry-1-sized.jpg

Hansberry House Hansberry family wins case in 1941 Later (1948) “racial restrictive covenants” declared unconstitutional http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/unknown-chicago/1-23--paper.jpg

Motifs/Symbols

Motifs/Symbols Mama’s potted plant Home / Houses Dreams (accomplished and lost) Light / Sunlight (or lack thereof) Money

Literary Terms (3)

Didactic literature Literature that presents moral lessons and/or social commentaries Dramatic, yet instructional

Epigraph A quotation set at the beginning of a literary work to suggest a theme Epigraph of Raisin in the Sun is Langston Hughes’ poem, “Dream Deferred”

Diction Choice and use of words in literature (how one speaks) Reveals characterization