A Raisin in the Sun

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Act 1, Scene 1 Act 1, Scene 2 Act 2, Scene 1 Act 2, Scene 2 Act 2, Scene 3 Act 3

Themes

All Themes Dreams Dignity and Pride Race, Discrimination, and Assimilation Gender and Feminism Money

Characters

All Characters Lena Younger (Mama) Walter Lee Younger Beneatha Younger Ruth Younger Travis Younger Joseph Asagai George Murchison Karl Lindner Mrs. Johnson Walter Younger (Big Walter) Willy Harris

Symbols

All Symbols Mama’s Plant Beneatha’s Hair The Insurance Payment

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A Raisin in the Sun

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
& Analysis

Act 1, Scene 1
Act 1, Scene 2
Act 2, Scene 1
Act 2, Scene 2
Act 2, Scene 3
Act 3

Themes

All Themes
Dreams
Dignity and Pride
Race, Discrimination, and Assimilation
Gender and Feminism
Money

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Lena Younger (Mama)
Walter Lee Younger
Beneatha Younger
Ruth Younger
Travis Younger
Joseph Asagai
George Murchison
Karl Lindner
Mrs. Johnson
Walter Younger (Big Walter)
Willy Harris

Symbols

All Symbols
Mama’s Plant
Beneatha’s Hair
The Insurance Payment

Theme Wheel

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Jumper, Alexandra. "A Raisin in the Sun." LitCharts LLC, October 17, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/a-raisin-in-the-sun.

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