Women's Rights in 'A Raisin In The Sun'

For my last AP for my last humanities class of my sophomore year, Drama, we were assigned to read the playwright, A Raisin In The Sun, a story inspired by Langston . This tells a story of a family in Morgan Park, Chicago who are crammed in one apartment complex. All these characters have dreams that are deferred in some sort of way. Walter, the man of the house, has a dream of opening his own liquor store. Mama, Walter's mother,  wishes to leave the apartment, and purchase a home. Ruth, Walter's wife, wishes to gain respect from her husband. Beneatha, Walter's sister, wishes to go to university; and Travis, Walter's son, wishes to work outside of the grocery store to get paid. For this AP, we were asked to get in partner's and read dialogue that came out to us throughout the play and write some commentary about it. We recorded our commentary and how these character's are in the right and wrong of the situation. Listen to the audio below to listen to my thoughts on the situation.




                NB. Ruth & Walter Dialogue. 2019
Works Cited: 1. “A Raisin in the Sun.” File:A Raisin in the Sun 1959 2.JPG, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_1959_2.JPG. 2. Meditation, Relax Music. “[ No Copyright ] Coffee House Jazz | Calm Jazz Music | Relaxing Music | Relax Music Meditation.” YouTube, YouTube, 1 Apr. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mgYnwhM4eg.