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Gender Roles In A Raisin In The Sun By Lorraine Hansberry

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In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, the readers get to see how gender roles affect both men and women identities in negative ways. Two characters from the play that best demonstrate this are Walter and Benethea. For example, in the play it states, “Fine!... Going to feel fine… a man…” (Hansberry 143). This quote shows how Walter feels that to be a man you need to be able to make tough decisions. Throughout the play we see how society's expectation of being a man affects Walter mentally, he feels as if he is weak and a failure because he couldn't provide for his family financially. Another example that shows how gender roles can impact someone negatively is when in the play George says, “You’re a nice-looking girl … all over.
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