A Raisin in the Sun Compare/Contrast Play/Film Essay

The first similarity between the play and the movie of Shakespeare's play, would be the use of Shakespearean language. Even though the movie is modernized, the old

Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun opened in a New York theater March 11, 1951. This play, although based on Hansberry’s own life and personal experiences was also inspired by Langston Hughes’s poem “Harlem”. Hansberry used this play to tell the story of a 1950’s African American family trying to better themselves. She also used this play to shine a light on the issue of racism that were prominent during this time frame. This highly successful play “ran for 530 performances and was nominated for the 1960 Tony Award for best play”, and has had several adaptations made in its honor(Aurora). Despite the fact that these adaptations were made to equal the original play there are many differences between them and their predecessor.

William Shakespeare’s plays contain themes such as love, drama, and comedy. In this particular play and movie they portray love, deceit, and drama. The movie by Joss Wheadon is very similar to the play, but has some differences. Wheadon made the movie more modern compared to the play. The characters in the movie versus the play are the same with some minor changes. Some of the differences in the movie are: the movie is in black and white, the characters drink a lot more, throughout, and the scenes were set up different compared to the play, and how they were acted. Wheadon made the movie in black and white because of the darkness, lying, drama, and torment. The reason behind the actors drinking more is to enact fun, and to make the comical scenes funnier.

I believe that the movie of the play was much better. There are many things that differ from the movie compared to the play, for example the character Prospero in the book was described as a man but in the movie she was a girl and her name was now Prospera. I feel that in the movie it did a better job of showing the setting just because you could physically see the setting where in the book it was a mental setting. I also believe that in the movie it did a better job of showing how each character had more emotion to what was going on compared to the book. Where to me in the book it seemed like the characters weren’t too expressive to what was going on.

The organization and the setting in the play and the movie are different. In the play they have a flashback then start off in 1945 in a dusty and broken down secret annex. Also introducing the

Since the play has similarities, there had to be differences. The differences in the play than the script was that the character Inez was a very snobby, sarcastic person. Secondly, in the play Inez and Estelle flirt with each other and end up kissing. Thirdly, the character Garcin had his story on how he died because he didn’t want to fight extended by the play writer added way more than the original script. Lastly, in the play Garcin and Estelle get together, where as in the original script Garcin despised Estelle he wanted nothing to do with her. Now in the script there was a valet in the beginning of the play, that escorted Garcin, Inez, and Estelle into the one room where they will be held forever. There was only one part in the play where Garcin was escorted. Those were the differences I noticed between the performance and the

In the play and the movie, there are some similarities and differences how the scene is presented. In the movie,

The first notable contrast between the book and the play is that the play is a musical. This not only intrigues the audience, but it also draws their attention to scenes of significance so a principal scene in the play will not go unnoticed. Furthermore, the play focuses on various scenes from the book that did not appear too vital to the story, but their true importance is accentuated by spending additional time on these scenes. There are various other slight additions to the play, but these were the alterations that made a sizeable

So as you can see, the difference between a story and a play aren’t that big at all, and hardly affect the performance. But the similarities between both are greater. It shows that no matter the differences, it doesn’t matter if you are reading a book or watching a live performance. As long as you remember what Edgar Allen Poe was trying to explain through his works of

A key change in the story involved the seduction of Anne. It is split into two scenes instead of one, and in the original play she is following a coffin with the corpse of her father-in-law, in this film the coffin contains the corpse of her husband. I interpreted this change as a significant one. It made the widow’s seduction even bolder. When it comes to death and coffins, you would expect to see a dark, cold scene. It was interesting to see Anne’s face glowing

The plot and diction were the most essential elements in the play. The diction in the play makes the dialogue more dramatic, feeding the theme of a tragedy. In video 1 focuses on the diction and plot. It seemed a bit modern, due to costume choices. While in video 2 it focuses on plot. It’s costume choice is completely different compared to video

“Like Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie (pr. 1944), Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (pr., pb. 1949, and other classic American plays, A Raisin in the Sun is fundamentally a family drama. Lena, the family matriarch, is attempting to keep her family together in difficult circumstances. She is the family’s moral center, urging her children to end their quarreling, accept their responsibilities, and love and support each other. That the Youngers pull together in the closing scenes is more a credit to Lena than to her spirited but sometimes inconsiderate children, Walter and Beneatha. By allowing Lena to play this central role in the Younger family, Hansberry asserts the importance of the mother figure in the African American family. Lorraine Hansberry’s play confronts crucial issues that have faced African Americans: the fragmentation of the family, the black male’s quest for manhood, and the problems of integration.

Even Balcony scene ( Rodriguez, 2010) was different from play because it was well equipped with camera where security relax on the screen which take place in Swimming pool whereby they had a romance under water but it in book she stays in the balcony and Romeo hiding behind the tree in apple orchard where she talks to herself about Romeo’s love moreover she always dress in white which shows her purity (virginity) which is not seen in play. Juliet was panic because she thought Romeo is death which is missing in the Movie. Romeo stops and force apothecary to buy poison but in movie he possess poison with him. Friar Lawrence play vital role in the play in graveyard but he never come to the graveyard in movie. Juliet wake up immediately after Romeo has taken poison and they have last one kisses which doesn’t happen in play. Moreover she kill herself with Romeo sword in play while in movie she kills herself with Gun ( Griin, 2003). Lady Montague dies in the play dues to sadness of Romeo Vanish but in movies she is in grave yard seeing his dead

One major difference between the play and the movie occurs in the mood. An example of this is the marriage scene. In the marriage scene of the play, Romeo and Juliet act very serious. The reader can tell this by the way the two speak. Romeo says that the Holy Words the Friar speaks can make something without an equal (Act 2, Scene 6) which is a very intelligent thing to say. Whereas, in the movie they kiss and giggle the entire time. This leads the viewer to believe that film versions wanted the two to look like fools, that they could not do anything the way it is normally done because they are children in search of quick love. This is bad because it is not very realistic. In real life, young adults would take the matter seriously because they know it is a major step in life. Because the play is not entirely trying to make the two look bad, it is the better production.

One of the concepts that are really different is the plot. In the original much of the plot is suited for older audiences and with the twist of a depressing ending. Rivalry households fight one another for dominance over the other household. It is a very descriptive play,