A Raisin in the Sun

Respond to any of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing prompts, usin" rel="nofollow">ing textual evidence from the play to back up your argument; Prompts: • Choose one of the promin" rel="nofollow">inent themes seen in" rel="nofollow">in the play (money, strength of family, conflictin" rel="nofollow">ing expectations, the myth of the American Dream, racism/stereotypes, gender roles) and argue how this theme allows us to understand the overall message of the play. • Choose one of the promin" rel="nofollow">inent themes seen in" rel="nofollow">in the play (money, strength of family, conflictin" rel="nofollow">ing expectations, the myth of the American Dream, racism/stereotypes, gender roles) and argue how this theme allows us to understand one or two of the characters. • Write about how one or two of the min" rel="nofollow">inor characters (George Murchison, Mr. Lidner, Willy Harris, Joseph Asagai) allow us to have a better understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of either the overall message of the play or one of the characters. • How does Hansberry’s use of language and dialogue not only help to develop the characters through the course of the play, but also, how does it help us to understand the social and economic status of the characters? • How does one of the characters evolve / change over the course of the play? (Be sure to make this an argument and not simply a summary- is this change positive/ negative? Why or why not?) • Write an essay arguin" rel="nofollow">ing how Hansberry is able to use the character of Ruth to portray a controversial decision (abortion). • Write an essay arguin" rel="nofollow">ing about how the last lin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">in the play “Or does it explode?” relates to the play (the dynamics of the familyespecially at the end with the climax- also in" rel="nofollow">in terms of the dreams each family member)