A Raisin in the Sun Characters. Walter Lee Younger The protagonist of the play. Walter is a dreamer. He wants to be rich and devises plans to acquire.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
A Raisin In The Sun… ~ Lorraine Hansberry
Advertisements

Author and Background Notes
A Raisin in the Sun Jeopardy Honors English 8 A Raisin in the Sun Jeopardy Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final.
A Raisin in the sun Lorraine Hansberry’s A Dream Deferred
A Raisin in the Sun Act I Questions
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry. Born in Chicago on May 19, 1930 Youngest of four children Parents: Carl and Nannie Perry Hansberry Parents were.
A Raisin In The Sun… ~ Lorraine Hansberry Another Perspective Of The American Dream.
Copyright 2005 by M. Baltsas/ Revised 2008 All Rights Reserved. 1 A Raisin in the Sun Class Notes.
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun Character List. Ruth Younger  A woman of about 30  Wife of Walter Lee  Domestic worker.
A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry. A Note on the Title Lorraine Hansberry took the title of A Raisin in the Sun from a line in Langston Hughes’s.
By: Lorraine Hansberry Play opened in: 1959 Movie released: 1961.
A Raisin in the Sun Background Notes. The Author- Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born May 19, 1930 in Chicago and raised in a middle-class.
Lorraine Hansberry Kenley White.  Lorraine Hansberry was born may 19 th, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois.  Most famous for her work as a playwright and author.
A Raisin in the Sun Quick review!.
 Published in 1959, four years after Rosa Parks’ was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus, sparking the Civil Rights.
Jeopardy-A Raisin in the Sun Who Said It? A Dream Deferred Dramatic Elements Vocabulary ! :) Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q.
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the sun By: Loran Hansberry.
Introduction to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun. Do Now: Take a Context Clues worksheet for vocab unit part I LEARNING GOAL & AGENDA LEARNING GOAL: SWBAT answer questions to demonstrate.
2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Dreams PlotSymbolsCharactersConflict.
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry English 11.
A Raisin in the Sun Lecture Notes. Act 1.1 Act 1.2 External Influences External influences: phone calls.
Wrapping Up A Raisin in the Sun
Raisin in the Sun Ms. E.
A RAISIN IN THE SUN An Introduction.
A Raisin In The Sun Lorraine Hansberry. The purpose of this dramatic work is to share the human experience.
“A Raisin in the Sun” Madison, Nina, Rachel, Kayla, Savannah, and Lena.
Setting Cast of Characters. Chicago’s Great Migration Migration from the South contributed to Chicago’s African American community since 1840s City offered.
Raisin review. Fill in the blank  ______________ has friends over until late at night making everyone in the house cranky the next day.
Harlem Renaissance INTRODUCTION – CONNECTION TO A RAISIN IN THE SUN.
+ Raisin in the Sun Ms. E. + Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun is the first play by a black woman to be produced on Broadway Hansberry’s play illustrates.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY Chicago native Affluent, intellectual family/upwardly mobile Fought for Civil Rights First Broadway play written by a female,
A Raisin in the Sun Review Options 2015
By Lorraine Hansberry. Lorraine Hansberry author Writer, journalist, and activist Her family faced racial segregation when they lived in Chicago.
 The American Dream can be described as a belief in the freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States of America to achieve their.
A Raisin in the Sun Review. Act I, Scene I What is the setting (time and place) of the story?
Do Now: Review. Who are the 5 characters? How are they characterized?
Background, Vocabulary, and Allusion Notes
“What happens to a dream deferred
A Raisin in the Sun Background Information. American Dream What is it? Is it an idea or does it involve material things? Ethnic, social, economic implications.
Harlem by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink.
THIS IS Characters A Quotes BPlot/Confli ct C Quotes DSymbols E Random F NULL/VOID.
By: Lorraine Hansberry  Published in 1959, four years after Rosa Parks’ was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus,
A Raisin in The Sun Introduction Regents English Prep Online.
The Role of Women in A Raisin in the Sun and Death of a Salesman Allison, Dakota, Emmett, Kaylea.
A RAISIN IN THE SUN BACKGROUND NOTES. The Author-Lorraine Hansberry ■Born May 19, Died January 12, ■She grew up in Southside Chicago, the.
A Raisin in the Sun scene analysis By Natalie Cope.
Do Now: Do you have any questions about the play, A Raisin in the Sun?
1 A Raisin in the Sun Modified by: Laura Parsons.
Lorraine Hansberry  Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930, and she was the youngest of four children.  She enjoyed a comfortable middle class.
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry *.
A Raisin in the Sun: Journal Entry
A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry.
Background Information
Character descriptions
A Raisin in the Sun Unit Test Review Game.
Harlem by Langston Hughes
Background Info and Start-Up work
A Raisin in the Sun Act I Act II Act III
Aim: To review for our tomorrow’s exam on A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun JEOPARDY
A Raisin in the sun Jeopardy!
A Raisin in the Sun Themes and Symbols
Background Info and Start-Up work
By Lorraine Hansberry.
Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, Drama, and Struggle
A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry
Harlem by Langston Hughes
Presentation transcript:

A Raisin in the Sun Characters

Walter Lee Younger The protagonist of the play. Walter is a dreamer. He wants to be rich and devises plans to acquire wealth with his friends, particularly Willy Harris. When the play opens, he wants to invest his father’s insurance money in a new liquor store venture.

Beneatha Younger Mama’s daughter and Walter’s sister. Beneatha is an intellectual. Twenty years old, she attends college and is better educated than the rest of the Younger family. Some of her personal beliefs and views have distanced her from conservative Mama. She dreams of being a doctor and struggles to determine her identity as a well-educated black woman.

Lena Younger (Mama) Walter and Beneatha’s mother. The matriarch of the family, Mama is religious, moral, and maternal. She wants to use her husband’s insurance money as a down payment on a house with a backyard to fulfill her dream for her family to move up in the world.

Ruth Younger Walter’s wife and Travis’s mother. Ruth takes care of the Youngers’ small apartment. Her marriage to Walter has problems, but she hopes to rekindle their love. She is about thirty, but her weariness makes her seem older.

Travis Younger Walter and Ruth’s sheltered young son. Travis earns some money by carrying grocery bags and likes to play outside with other neighborhood children, but he has no bedroom and sleeps on the living-room sofa.

Joseph Asagai A Nigerian student in love with Beneatha. Asagai, as he is often called, is very proud of his African heritage, and Beneatha hopes to learn about her African heritage from him. He eventually proposes marriage to Beneatha and hopes she will return to Nigeria with him.

George Murchison A wealthy, African- American man who courts Beneatha. The Youngers approve of George, but Beneatha dislikes his willingness to submit to white culture and forget his African heritage. He challenges the thoughts and feelings of other black people through his arrogance and flair for intellectual competition.

Mr. Karl Lindner The only white character in the play. Mr. Lindner arrives at the Youngers’ apartment from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association. He offers the Youngers a deal to reconsider moving into his (all-white) neighborhood.

Bobo One of Walter’s partners in the liquor store plan. Bobo appears to be as mentally slow as his name indicates.

Willy Harris A friend of Walter and coordinator of the liquor store plan. Willy never appears onstage in the play, which helps keep the focus of the story on the dynamics of the Younger family. Mrs. Johnson The Youngers’ neighbor. Mrs. Johnson takes advantage of the Youngers’ hospitality and warns them about moving into a predominately white neighborhood. Does not play a major role in the movie.