A Raisin in the Sun as a Marxist play

                                                                                                        

MASTER’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH (MEG-17)

American Drama

ASSIGNMENT 

Course Code: MEG-17 

5. Discuss A Raisin in the Sun as a Marxist play.

"A Raisin in the Sun," written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959, is a play that explores the experiences of a poor African American family living in Chicago's South Side. The play is often read as a Marxist text, as it highlights the economic and social struggles of a working-class family, and the challenges they face in trying to achieve the American Dream. Marxism is a theoretical framework that seeks to analyze society through the lens of economic and class relations. 

Marxism argues that capitalism creates inequality and exploitation, as the ruling class (or bourgeoisie) exploits the labor of the working class (or proletariat) to accumulate wealth and maintain their power. In "A Raisin in the Sun," the characters are all members of the working class, struggling to make ends meet and to achieve a better life for themselves and their families. The play explores the economic and social pressures faced by the Younger family, who are living in a cramped apartment and are struggling to get ahead in life.

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