A Raisin in the Sun Title - A Raisin in the Sun Author - Lorraine Hansberry Genre - Drama Copyright Date - 1958, 1986 by Robert Nemiroff, as an unpublished work 1959, 1966, 1987, 1988 by Robert Nemiroff Setting - The setting was after WWII and the present (1958), in the south side of Chicago. ... In this time period, an African-American can hardly have any rights because of discrimination and prejudice. ... She is a perfectionist and takes pride in being a South African. ... Another theme is pride, which is brought in by Walter. ... And although the Youngers are a poor black...

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The setting is very well defined by Hansberry. ... Still, we can see that at some time, a time probably no longer remembered by the family (except perhaps for Mama), the furnishings of this room were actually selected with care and love and even hope "and brought to this apartment and arranged with taste and pride. ... Even though the apartment is apparently in a bad section of town the Youngers do not allow the inside to reflect their surroundings; they have more pride than that. ... The plot of the play seems to be divided between two subjects: an insurance check for ten thousand do...

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Can anyone on the face of this planet admit with pride that humans are capable of being completely and utterly just? ... But no matter how much we try to avoid prejudices, our human natures somehow implement our need for superiority into our daily judgments. ... The time setting of the play of 1957 is significant as it was during a time of political and social events. Prejudices were at a peak. ... Although the setting and dialogue have an impact on what conclusions are made, the fact that we watch the play from a distance without p...

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The Greasers have formed their own identity through their long hair, thus setting standards for their own society. ... For example, Two-Bit's switchblade is his most prized possession and, in several ways, represents the disregard for authority for which Greasers traditionally pride themselves. ... Since The Greasers do not have wealth to pride themselves in and possess power over other people, they use smaller inexpensive methods to form an identity and society of their own to gain power. ... But societies prejudices prevail and the Socs remain on the top and the Greasers on the bottom...

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Richard Wright's implementation of setting within Bigger's existence plays an instrumentive role in portraying how society shapes one's personality in his novel Native Son. ... Although "he [hates] his family, [it is] because he knows that they are suffering and that he is powerless to help them," (13) his pride in his own self worth, is never more present then when he is around his family. ... Bigger does exactly what he was against, he obediently molded into the injustices of a prejudice society, sacrificing the value of individuality and self-pride to conform to an accept...

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The setting was nice, however, there were not very many props, nor were they any set pieces to distinguish where they were at what time. ... The setting did not add anything to this production unfortunately, because there was not much going on in the least. ...

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Setting out to write about black Americans, Hughes created a body of work-poetry, fiction, journalism, essays, plays, and song lyrics. ... Langston learned to endure the hardships of prejudice without surrendering his dignity or pride. ...

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But because she does not conform to the social etiquette of her European setting, she is eventually shunned from society. ... As in other works of this genre (for example, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth), Daisy Miller focuses on the behavior of its characters in social situations. ...

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She realized the lack of pride at her visit to the national convention. ... Although, she has a good point about health professionals being among the most prejudice people around, she failed to give facts or back ground information. ...

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