Colonial and Postcolonial Literatures
ENG2603
Department of English Studies
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, Assignment 02
Due date: 10 July 2023
Compulsory: Yes
Assignment: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Instructions:
Before you attempt this assignment, you must make sure that you have engaged the prescribed
book: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.
It is your responsibility to access the prescribed book to help you to answer the questions below.
Question 1
Walter: (mumbling) We one group of men tied to a race of women with small minds (Hansberry, p
19).Often women are represented as inferior to men in many ways in A Raising in the Sun.
1.1 Using the above quotation as a point of departure, write two paragraphs in which you discuss
the extent to which Hansberry portrays women as the disempowered gender in A Raisin in the
Sun. Ensure that you support your argument by using examples from the text. (20
marks)
1.2 Using the above quotation as a point of departure, write two paragraphs in which you discuss
the characters of Walter and Asagai regarding their views on a woman’s position in a patriarchal
environment. (10 marks)
1.3 Hansberry uses the character of Walter in the play to demonstrate patriarchal tendencies and
gender inequality. Considering this assertion, discuss the character of Walter in relation to the
three women in the play. (20
marks)
TOTAL: 50 x 2 = 100 marks
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