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

2. Lorraine Hansberry (2)

3. Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) Born in Chicago Educated at UW-Madison
First African-American to write for Broadway

4. Lorraine Hansberry Raisin in the Sun inspired by experience
Father sued over segregated Chicago neighborhood

5. Hansberry House (2)

6. 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

7. Hansberry House Hansberry family wins case in 1941
Later (1948) “racial restrictive covenants” declared unconstitutional

8. Motifs/Symbols

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

10. Literary Terms (3)

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

12. 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”

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