A Raisin in the Sun Study Guide Act III – Questions 1-18 – Flashcards
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What is the significance of Asagai's opening statement?
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Asagai likes change. Change is progress, which he wants to see in his country.
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Why doesn't Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?
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Beneatha's faith has been taken from her. Walter's losing the money has rattled her and made her dream seem harder to achieve.
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What does Asagai mean by the following statement? "Then isn't there something wrong in a house - in a world - where all dreams, good or bad, must depend on the death of a man?"
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Asagai thinks the family is too wrapped up in money. He thinks they should allow themselves to be more open to possibilities. Too much faith is tied to the money.
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Why does Beneatha insult Walter?
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Walter has thrown the family's future into question.
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What is the real reason Mama is so upset and what do we finally see as Mama's underlying dream and motivation?
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Mama wants her family to have a nice homre - a place of their own, where they can fulfill the dreams of her and their father.
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What is the significance of Walter's calling Lindner "The Man"?
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Lindner represents the white establishment that is keeping the black man from his dreams.
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What is the significance of Walter's speeches to the family about "bad people" and "good people"?
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Walter sees life as a choice between taking and being taken advantage of.
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What do Walter's speeches foreshadow?
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Walter is going to make a choice between being good or bad.
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Why does Hansberry have Walter say, "I'm going to put on the show"?
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Walter is going to let Lindner believe he agrees with him about the family not living in his neighborhood.
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What theme does this statement touch on, ""I'm going to put on the show"?
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Walter is going to do something he knows is wrong just because of money.
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Why does Mama react the way she does to Walter's saying he is going to put on the show?
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Mama doesn't believe any amount of money is worth denying your own world.
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How does Hansberry have Walter revert to dialect when talking about taking money from Mr. Lindner?
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Walter uses the sterotypical voice of a black man to show that he is lowering himself.
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Why does Mama keep Travis in the room?
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Mama knows that Travis is the hope for the future.
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What is Hansberry's intention in having Travis present for the scene with Lindner arriving for the second time?
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Walter can't allow his son to believe he is less than a good person.
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Why does Walter change his mind?
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Walter changes his mind because he can't tell his son see him lower himself.
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Why is changing Walter's change in mind ironic?
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Travis's presence has made Walter a mature man.
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What is the significance of Mama's asking about her plant in the midst of the chaos after Lindner's departure?
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The plant symbolizes hope growing in the family.
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What does Mama mean when she says to Ruth, "He finally came into his manhood today, didn't he?"
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Walter has become the man his father was by standing up for dignity.
