Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun she uses characterization on Beneatha to suggest that the media or society is hard on black women. In the play it demonstrates how a black woman's dream is diminished, her looks as more important, to always being criticized.
In Act I, it indicates that Beneatha wants to be a doctor and go to medical school. It is her dream to do so, but whenever it is brought up, it is either dismissed, compared to other people, or deemed not important. An argument occurs between Walter and Beneatha about the check and Beneatha wanting to go to medical school, Walter yells at Beneatha on who told her “[she] had to be a doctor”(38) and suggests that she “then go be a nurse like other women- or just get married and be quiet”(38). This quote demonstrates that black women in the 1950's, have little to no chance on achieving their dreams. Due to their unsupportive family members comparing them to other women or dismissing it as an unimportant matter. When Beneatha, Ruth, and Mama are discussing about Beneatha

When Mrs.Johnson visits the Youngers house, she meets Beneatha for a brief second and is already talking about her when she leaves. Suggesting of “-how some of [their] young people [get] when they [have] a little education.”(134). This proves that when young black women get their education, people view them as too stuck up to make conversation with people who have not gotten their college education. When the Youngers are moving their things out of their old house into their brand new house, Beneatha tells Mama about her plan about marrying Asagai and moving to Africa with him to practice being a doctor. However, Walter butts in and declares Beneatha to get “[these] silly ideas out [of her] head!” and “marry [herself] a man with some loot…”(164). This here shows the unwritten rule of black women dismissing their goals and dreams in life to marry for