The title of Hansberry's play comes from Hughes's poem which had a double purpose. ... Through out the poem Hughes asks a number of questions, which perform a part in the play. ... These two are what make an author like Langston Hughes so interesting; each reader finds in him what is adequate to satisfy their own taste. ... After analyzing both Langston Hughes" poem and Lorraine Hansberry's play it give me a better understanding of what exactly poetry is. ... Although Hughes" poem is short its historical references add to it's portrayal of poetry. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

is the question that the poem by Langston Hughes asks. ... The answer to the poem is the dream sags like a heavy load. ... There is a line in the poem that says, "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"...

• Word Count: 454
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

She got her title from a line in a Langston Hughes poem named," Harlem (A Dream Deferred) (534) -What happens to a dream deferred? ... The title of the play refers to a line in a Langston Hughes poem that questioned about dreams that were forgotten or put off. ...

• Word Count: 1265
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

What happens to a dream deferred, a question given to us through "Harlem," a poem written by the great Poet Langston Hughes. The story, "A Raisin the Sun" is a direct reference to Hughes poem. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

," (1) Langston Hughes asked in his 1959 Poem "Harlem: A Dream Deferred." ... (Hughes 10) Walter felt depressed, despondent, and useless as the man of the family. ... Like in Hughes poem "fester like a sore-/And then run?" ...

• Word Count: 1719
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• Grade Level: High School

Lorraine Hansberry wove a woeful tale of a family called the Youngers, A poor black family living in a tiny run-down apartment, in her novel A Raisin in the Sun. She based the name on the Langston Hughes poem "Harlem." She found the title appropriate to portray the way of life lived out by the Young...

• Word Count: 723
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The title of the play "A Raisin in the Sun" comes from a line in a Langston Hughes poem: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun" (Tackach 5/6)? Lorraine Hansberry's play confronts crucial issues that have faced African Americans: the fragmentation of the family,...

• Word Count: 757
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography