Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem” is an epigraph at the beginni…
Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem” is an epigraph at the beginning of A Raisin in the Sun. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? How is the theme of this poem reflected in THE END of A Raisin in the Sun?
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