Mama (Lena) of the Younger family is to receive a ten thousand dollar insurance check after the death of Big Walter, Mama's husband and father to Walter and Beneatha, which could possibly fulfil each one of their dreams. ... Ruth refuses to help Walter coerce Mama into giving him the insurance money for the investment. ... Beneatha answers Walter's question with sharpness and impatience, responding, "And what did I answer yesterday morning – and the day before that" (99)? ... Mama quickly reminded her that she shouldn't speak that way about her brother. Mama, th...

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Sadly, Mama Elena also denies Pedro's love and marriage proposal to Tita. ... Mama Elena forces Pedro and Rosoura to move to San Antonio, Texas. Mama Elena becomes more and more cruel to Tita day by day. ... Mama Elena becomes suspicious of Tita, claiming she poisons her food. She turned away every one of Tita's delicious dishes, "[Mama Elena] absolutely refused to eat anything that Tita had cooked." " (133) This quote connects Mama's actions to Tita's maturity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Mama is a very strong character in this play. ... Walter's character did not change much because of Mama's trust in him. When she figures out about Walter deceiving her, she becomes enraged, and states, talking about Walter's father, "I seen him...night after night...killing himself...but you gave it all away in a day" (129). ... Another example of this would be when Mama told him that she bought them a new house. ... He was in denial for the longest time, finally snapping out of it when Mama started to beat him. ...

• Word Count: 904
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• Grade Level: High School

Mama strongly believes in the importance of family and tries throughout the play to teach this to her children and grandchildren. Dreams are also more important to her than material wealth, and her dream is to one day own a house. Ruth, Mama's daughter-in-law, agrees with Mama. ... Mama's son, Walter has a more selfish dream of opening a liquor store with his friends. ... Beneatha, Walter's sister and Mama's daughter, dreams of being a doctor someday. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy Mama," (Hansberry 254). He tells his mama as what would make him happy. Walter as the only man of the family does not even think he has a real job as he complains to his mama that "I open and close car doors all day long. ... This made his mama say that Walter was a "disgrace to his father's memory" (Hansberry 255), since he did not make any effort to stand up and fight through the hardship. ... It is no surprise to hear Mama proudly say, "He finally came into his manhood today, kind of like rainbow after the rain" (Hansberry 2...

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• Grade Level: High School

Tita falls madly in love with Pedro Muzquiz but Mama Elena forbids Tita and Pedro to marry. ... Tita cannot believe it because the power of Mama Elena is out of hand. ... Finally she went to her sewing box and pulled out the bedspread she had started the day Pedro first spoke of marriage. ... This created much havoc, that Mama Elena blamed Tita for wrecking her wedding. ... However, she ends up with Pedro and for the first time, they can make love without feeling ashamed of what people say and mostly because, Mama Elena was dead. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He is a conformist, and ever since they were married he has promised his wife he would build her a new house one day, but he never did. ... "Everything was fine till Mama caught me smoking", says Norma Jean, standing up. ...

• Word Count: 855
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School