Literature Help: A Raisin In the Sun

The play was highly praised when it was first launched in March 1959. Both white and black audiences admired the play. It was the first play that portrayed black characters, themes, and conflicts in a highly natural and realistic manner.

“A Raisin In the Sun” explores the issues which were related to the American society that was complacent, including the black contentment with their inferior status, and which eventually led to the civil rights and feminist movements in the 1960s.

Literature Help: A Raisin In the Sun
Copyright
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Overview
Chapter Three: Major Characters
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis