View Author Biography – Lorraine Hansbury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRqWB_tdPs0 (Links to an external site.)

View A Raisin in the Sun play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmCR1k2s6o (Links to an external site.)

Complete Questions While Viewing:

A Raisin in the Sun—Film Questions Part 1

1. Describe the physical setting of the Younger apartment. In what way does the setting help the reader to understand the inherent nature of conflict in the story?

3. Describe the music used in the beginning of the film. What is its tone, and how does this tone affect the viewer’s mood? How does it foreshadow changes to come?

4. How does the tone of the music change with the actions of the characters throughout the film; and how does it help to enhance the drama? Provide a specific example.

5. Name 5 conflicts (whether visual or auditory) which arise beginning with the ringing alarm clock. Describe the role of conflict in this story.

6. What is Mama’s plant a visual metaphor of?

7. What are at least 3 main themes which run throughout the story thus far? Provide examples of how you see these themes.

8. In what way does Beneatha physically symbolize the concept of “change” in the story?

9. There is a close-up of Walter’s eyes when the check arrives in the mail. What does this reveal about Walter’s character, or personality?

10. By the end of the first section, what mood are you -the audience– left in?

11. Describe the significance of the scene in which Walter enters the apartment drunk and dances to the African music. (What transformation occurs? What is the significance of Walter’s words?)

12. What does George’s character represent? How did you arrive at this conclusion?