In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, we see a poor black family struggling to keep their family united. The play is almost entirely based on the concept of dreams, whether it is an individual dream or the family dream. At the beginning of the play we see all of the characters individual dreams. Mama strongly believes in the importance of family and tries throughout the play to t

Arthur Miller's tragic drama Death of A Salesman is the portrayal of the longing for the “American dream”, an extreme craving for success and superior status in a world otherwise fruitless. At the beginning of the play, Miller establishes Willy Loman as a troubled and misguided man; at heart a salesman and a dreamer with a preoccupation with success. However, it is equally apparent that Willy is not a successful man. Although in his sixties, he is still a traveling salesman that clings only to his dreams and ideals. There is a strong core of resentment within Willy, whose actions assume a more glorious and idealized past. Willy’s only dream now is for his sons to live the life he always wanted; the life of a successful business man, with a family and a nice home. Linda, Willy’s wife, has a similar longing for an idealized past, but has learned to suppress her dreams and her dissatisfaction with her husband and sons. Miller indicates that she is a woman with deep regrets about her life; she must continually reconcile her husband with her sons, and support a man who has failed in his life's endeavor without any hope for pursuing whatever dreams she may have had.

each this to her children and grandchildren. Dreams are also more important to her than material wealth, and

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