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I think its funny when Walter says, "damn all the eggs there ever was!" Although in the play, when they we're acting it was suppose to be serious, I thought it was funny. Ruth was knugging them to eat them and Walter clearly didn't want to. Also, when Bethany was expressing how she didn't always want to relay on God. She told mama that. Right when she was done talking, mama came over to her and slapped her. She told her, "God is always in Mama's house." And she made Bethany repeat her.
ReplyDeleteFrom the first line of the play, I could already tell that the characters had a southern accent. "...You ain’t the only person in the world got to use the bathroom! Walter Lee…. It’s after seven thirty! Lemme see you do some waking up in there now!..." (25) When I first saw this, I had to read it again and try to understand their vernacular. I tried to translate it to how I write. "...You ain’t, are not. Heard that one before… Lemme see, what's 'lemme'... oh let me. I say that all the time: 'lemme' for let me." Then I began to realize that if I were to write a play exactly how my friends and I speak, it would probably seem just as confusing. For example, I say "come mer" for "come here" and I hear some people say "Guh bless you" for "God bless you". The first line made me realize how realist this play was written and made me realize how I talk in my vernacular. I thought this line was really interesting and caused me to think about how I speak.
ReplyDeleteOne important scene that I felt was funny was when Walter came home drunk and he saw Beneatha dancing to their heritage music. I felt this was funny because Walter was drunk and he did not know what he was doing. Another reason why I believe this scene was funny because Beneatha went along with it and they both were acting crazy by making drumb noises and dancing funny. This scene is also a little bit important because it shows how much Beneatha cared about her heritage. She is not like a normal girl like we discussed in class. She doesnt care to get married and she wants to become a doctor. This scene involves a lot of important events.
ReplyDeletei think that its a key part of it is like the way people talk. they talk like they are less educated and how george speaks proper english and has the same back round. and it can go into the part when mama told travis that she bought the house and he says "galee i alwasy wanted to live in a house" and you can see how the change of slang terms like now adays people would use the terms more like cool or thats ausome when back then it would be like galee or gee-wilickers.
ReplyDeleteHansberry does speak some what in a weird way when she writes her plays. One line that I found quite interesting is when Mama says, " Now here come you and Beneatha talkin 'bout things we ain't ever thought about hardly, me and your daddy." I think that this really shows the passion that Mama feels for her family and that money isn't the only thing that matters in life. It is very clear to all the viewers that she just wants her family to be together and happy rather than rich and everyone hate eachother.
ReplyDeleteI think it was really powerful when Beneatha was talking about her future, and all the goals she wants to achieve. On page 50 she states "Oh, I probably will (get married)...but first I'm going to be a doctor, and George, for one, still thinks that's pretty funny." She is saying that although to be a woman doctor during this time period would be extremely difficult, and even more so as she is african american, that it is her dream. It was powerful that she would speak up for herself like that and tell people how she really feels. I think that most women would not open their mouths and become a housewife, following her husbands orders and needs. But, Beneatha on the other hand is not like that. She wants to be powerful and have a say in the way things get done. I find that she is all together an extremely powerful person and I like to read about the risks she takes.
ReplyDeleteI find one line in particular very powerful. It occurs nearthebegining where Walter is tryign to explain to ruth about her dreams yet all she says is "eat your eggs and go to work" this enfuriates Walter to the point of slamming his fist on the table and yelling "Damn My Eggs and Damn All the Eggs that ever Were!" This showed me how much stress is put on these people, and how little it take them to be at eachothers throats over small matters.
ReplyDeleteThe whole play that Lorraine Hansberry wrote was in her Southside Chicago vernacular. With this appearing as almost a different language, I feel plenty of people may have struggled with understanding some lines, as I did too. For example when Walter told Mama that he wanted to use the insurance money for the liquor store, she said, “ain’t nobody gonn’ use my husband in no liquor store.” To us, this would be an English teacher’s worst nightmare for use of grammar, but to the people that use this type of vernacular or slang, it was normal everyday talk for them. What I don’t understand is why it seems so much more complex. Usually vernaculars are used to shorten and make languages easier, so why add so many more apostrophes and switch things around in the sentences?
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