How do power and authority change hands over the course of the play?
The power of authority changed in the play greatly. I think it first stated out with Walter and as time went on you could see that Mama is still the head of the family. Through out this play I think the power just juggles between the two of them and it seems like Walter is trying to be in control of the family. He wants to be the one to provide for them and to bring in a whole lot of money. Mama wants to keep everyone happy but at the same time make sure that Walter doesn’t lose his head and get out of control. She just wants the best for everyone.
Discuss how minor characters such as George Murchison, Willy Harris, and Mr. Lindner represent the ideas against which the main characters react.
These three men represent ideas that are different and sort of the same than the keratin characters they have interactions with. George Murchison is sort of upper-class and he basically has a certain idea of how his life should be so he has the same idea for the woman he dates and in this case that is Beneatha. Beneatha is an individual kind of woman and she has her own ideas about life and what she wants to do. Willy Harris has the same ideas as Walter they think on the same page and that’s why Walter hangs around with him a lot. These two want to help one another achieve and they want to make money and live a better life style than they do now. Mr. Lindner’s idea is the opposites of all the main characters because he basically is trying to keep the Younger’s from moving to Clybourne Park.
What sort of statement does Hansberry seem to be making about race? Does she make more than one statement? If so, do these statements conflict with each other?
The statement I interpret that she makes about race is that it is sort of everything in the society that we live in back then or today. No, I don’t believe she make more than one statement.
