SETTINGS AND SYMBOLS

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

PLAY BY LORRAINE HANSBERRY
Atika P.
Qonitah
Rendra T.
Wahayu R.
Moh. Rizal K.
Dea Sisca K.
Indah Esti Rahayu

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ACT I: SCENE ONE

SETTINGS
Time:
Between World War II and the present (p. 1622)
Early morning (p. 1622)
07.30 A.M (p.1622)

Place:
In the living room (p. 1622)
Chicagos Southside (p. 1622)
Kitchen (p.1623)

Situation:
Tense situation
Seen from the debate in the morning between
Walter and Ruth. (p. 1623, 1626-1629)
Squabbles between ruth with his son, Travis
asking for money to his after school (p. 1624)
Squabbles/debate between Walter and his
sister, Beneatha. (p.1629)

Symbols:
the carpet has fought back by showing its weariness :
means that the situation in this story had past. (p.1622)
Southside morning light comes in feebly : Shows the time
in the morning (p. 1622)
Her speech is a mixture of many things : shows that
Beneatha comes from families with a variety of origins (p.
1628)
She is inclined to slur everything : shows that Mama is like
to judge. (p. 1629)
Her bearing is perhaps most like the noble bearing of the
women of the Hereros of Southwest Africa : indicate that
Mama is from class of the rich person. (p. 1629)
Mirrors (p.1640) : Beneatha keeps looking to her self in the
mirror. Showing the confidence of this particular character.

ACT I : SCENE TWO

SETTINGS

Time:

An outrageous hour on a Saturday Asagai: how do you do mrs Younger.

Please forgive me for coming at such an an outrageous hour on a Saturday.
(page 1641)

This morning mama: [impatiently] now, ruth (page 1644)

Place:

In the bedroom doorway Ruth appears in the bedroom doorway(p. 1642)

In the house mama: I dont low no yellin in the house (p. 1644)

Situation:

Asagai: Disagree respectfully Asagai: [shaking his head negatively but

gently] (p. 1641)

Beneatha: quizzical (p.1640)

Beneatha: [angrily] yuk, yuk, yuk! (page 1641)

Angrily Walter: WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE LISTEN TO ME TODAY! (p. 1644)

Quitely Walter: [Quietly] sometimes its like I can

see the future....(page 1646)

Symbols:
Mirrors (1640) : Beneatha keeps looking to her self in
the mirror. Showing the confidence of this particular
character

Act II : Scene One

Time:
Later the same day (page 1647)
Place:
In the house walter: [staring her down]. Plenty
[pause] (p.1650)
Situation:
Enjoy Dancing beneatha begins to dance (page 1647)
Drinking with in this unknown mood walter (page
1648)

Act II : Scene Two

Time:
Friday Night (p.1656)
Place:
On the Couch -> [They both sit on the couch] (p.1656)
Situation:
Exasperated George (p. 1656)
A long Pause (p.1657)
Symbols:
Pulsing in the room Means alone nervously-thinking in a room.
Get shot at sunrise feel or get the sunrise
Youre killing me kill as idiom, means it was so romantic

ACT II : SCENE THREE

Time:
Saturday, moving day, One week later (p.1660)
Place:
Living room
Situation:
Romantic Ruths story (p.1661)
Having fun Walter long dialogue(p.1662)
Serious talking Karl started to explain (p.1663)
Awkward Mama dialogue with walter and beneatha (p.1665)
full of fear Walter not to open the door immediately (p.1667)
surprisingly Mama got gift (p.1668)

Symbols:
New Negroes (Negro with new lifestyle or modern
mind)
Words will never hurt me (never mind about the
words)
Beneatha is watching the man carefully (feeling
curious
Garden hat (passion of mama)
Sometimes it hard to let the future begin (walter did
not ready for what happen next
Taking off his hat (something goes wrong, give up on
condition)

ACT III

Time:
An Hour later
Place:
In the Living Room
Walters Room
Symbols:
A cat take off with your money he dont leave you no
maps Cat represents a person who steal money as
in cat likes to steal food.
Red showing in his eyesthe veins moving in his head
Represent extreamely furious
Show me the strength challenge in ironic situations

Penicillin analogized as Independence which was the

cure for the pain on colonialism
Young Creature of the New World The phrases mean that
Beneatha has lost her identity of Africa and replaced with
America.
Dreams and sunlight Sunlight means a hope and the
happy ending
Toothless rat The greedy but has no any power to do so.
Just talk big but powerless
Alaiyo "Alaiyo" means "one for whom bread is not
enough." This really reflects Beneatha wants more out of
life than just the sustenance of bread. Beneatha is also
looking for her identity. She refuses to be labelled by her
ethnicity or background, she wants to be her own person.