Dreams Most of us have dreams that we one day hope to fulfill They could be little dreams that will take little time and effort to accomplish or they could be big dreams that will take more time and energy to fulfill Each dream is also equally painful when it is taken away or if we never have the opportunity to make the dream come true In the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes the different emotions that people feel when a dream is deferred is presented through Hughes unique style of language use a
In this essay A Rraisin InThe Sun I will be discussing symbolism in the play Symbols are objects characters figures and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts The symbolism that I would mostly be focusing on in this essay is Mamas plant and Beneathas hair Both of these symbols are significant in this play because it represents who the characters are in the play and their purpose Mamas plant represents both her care and her dreams for her family Beneatahs hair represents who she is
A Raisin in the Sun The title comes from the opening lines of Harlem a poem by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun Throughout the play the idea of deferred dreams is a prominent theme as each member of the Younger family attempts to find his or her place amidst a number of difficult situations the best play of 1959 and it ran for nearly two years and was produced on tour Hansberry noted that it introduced details of black life to the overwhel