Mama is the mother of both Beneatha and Walter Lee. She is head of the family as well as maternal and religious. Mama wants to use the insurance money from her husband to buy a house for her family. Mama is proud of who she is and of her African heritage and believes in its importance. Mama is a...

A Raisin in the Sun: Family unity In the play A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry, family unity appears sometimes as the enemy and at other times, it is the friend. As the play progresses the unity of the family is often questioned. In both the play and the film, family unity ...

Dreams A countless amount of human beings throughout disparate time periods had dreams that they desired one day would come true. In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, this scenerio was exceedingly apparent. An African American family also known as the Younger family...