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Aim: How can we use Tsotsi for the Regents? Do Now: Put your homework sentences on the board.

Title & GenreAuthor/Playwr ight CharactersSetting & Major Events Literary Elements A Raisin in the Sun Play Lorraine Hansberry Walter Lee Beneatha Mama Ruth Travis The Glass Menagerie Play Tennessee Williams Tom Laura Amanda Jim Tsotsi Novel Athol FugardTsotsi/David Butcher Aap Teacher Man Miriam Baby

Critical Lens “The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.” - Lord Byron Redemption: the act of making something better or more acceptable Atonement: reparation of a wrong