A Raisin in the Sun - Setting Flashcards

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why is it important that the plot is set in the little apartment

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people are very close to each other in tight quarters, which creates tension

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note

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  • characters feel like they have to escape the apartment
  • they hate living in it
  • the setting sucks the dreams out of people
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answers

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  • it provides a constant backdrop
  • the dreams of the family liquor business
  • no longer remembered by the family…
  • broken dreams,
  • apartment represents lost hope
  • chicago, like the apartment
  • conflict
  • hope
  • weariness has, in fact
  • tired
  • and brought to this apartment
  • the close quarters develop
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