success and prosperity like in more current generations. The setting in which Lorraine Hansberry was raised was a crucial to the development of several of her plays, particularly A Raisin in the Sun. On May 19, 1930, Hansberry was born in Chicago, Illinois to Carl and Nannie Hansberry. Both of her parents were known for their work in regards to civil rights and social equality. Also, her great grandfather William Hansberry, a slave that could read and write that was freed when... ... middle of paper
be the same if the black characters were replaced with white ones. Hansberry partially agreed on the universal aspect of “man’s oppression to man” but she argued that her characters were intended specifically to reflect Negroes from the South Side of Chicago. She expressed that “one of the most sound ideas in dramatic writing is that, in order to create the universal, you must pay very great attention to the specific.” Hansberry did not allow the white press nor the public to oversee the intention
Lorraine Hansberry, author of the world renowned play A Raisin in The Sun, was an excellent playwright, she was even the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award (biography.com). A Raisin in The Sun deals with problems like racism and good problems like dreams, similar to the play Master Harold... And The Boys, written by Athol Fugard. Both plays were inspiring and taught me a different lesson. Lorraine was born May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. She