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determined

"What are you talking about, Ruth? Listen, I’m going to be a doctor. I’m not worried about who I’m going to marry yet – IF I ever get married.”

Beneatha isn't worried about what people think about her. She wants to be a doctor, and she's a strong, independent woman. She's not worrying about who/ if she gets married, she's focusing on her dream.

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underestimated

“…But first I’m going to be a doctor, and George, for one, still thinks that’s pretty funny. I couldn’t be bothered with that. I’m going to be a doctor and everybody around here better understand that!” p. 50

Everyone thinks Beneatha can't become a doctor, that she isn't good enough.But she wants to prove them wrong. She believes she can can do it, and she's going to try until she gets it.

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I think Beneatha should become a doctor, despite what everyone else says. She's her own person, and she shouldn't have to listen what others are telling her when it's about her future. Don't be worried about who you're going to marry or if you get married, focus on you dreams first.

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This photo is showing a young woman. It's in black and white, so you don't take in her colors, bot more the words on her shirt. For this picture, I feel like this is what Beneatha would look like if she was a teen/young adult in 2019. The way she cut her hair, and how she chooses to dress.

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’You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.’

This poem relates to the character because it's explaining you can break down the person, do anything to them and they still rise and continue to fight. In the 50's, African Americans were seen as people who didn't deserve to be there. They were treated very poorly, and yet they still made it to this day. This is how I feel Beneatha was like. Yes, she got rude comments, but she still pushed through her day and made the best of it.

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still feel. by Half Alive
When I'm furthest from myself (Far away)
Feeling closer to the stars (Outer space)
I've been invaded by the dark (Can't escape)
Trying to recognize myself when I feel I've been replaced
When I'm furthest from myself (Far away)
Feeling closer to the stars (Outer space)
I've been invaded by the dark (Can't escape)
Trying to recognize myself when I feel I've been replaced

[Pre-Chorus]
I can feel a kick down in my soul
And it's pulling me back to earth to let me know
I am not a slave, can't be contained
So pick me from the dark and pull me from the grave
'Cause

[Chorus]
I still feel alive
When it is hopeless, I start to notice
And I still feel alive
Falling forward, back into orbit

[Verse 2]
So, when I lose my gravity in this sleepy womb
Drifting as I dream, I'll wake up soon
To realize the hand of life is reaching out
To rid me of my pride, I call allegiance to myself

[Pre-Chorus]
But I can feel a kick down in my soul
And it's pulling me back to earth to let me know
I am not a slave, can't be contained
So pick me from the dark and pull me from the grave
'Cause

[Chorus]
I still feel alive
When it is hopeless, I start to notice
And I still feel alive
Falling forward, back into orbit
And I still feel alive
It is hopeless, I start to notice
And I still feel alive
Falling forward, back into orbit

[Pre-Bridge]
I can feel a kick down in my soul
And it's pulling me back to earth to let me know
And this heart that beats inside of me will show
It will show

[Bridge]
Floating in outer space, have I misplaced a part of my soul?
Lost in the in-between, or so it seems, I'm out of control
Floating in outer space, have I misplaced a part of my soul?
Lost in the in-between, but it can't keep me asleep for long, 'cause

[Chorus]
I still feel alive
When it is hopeless, I start to notice
And I still feel alive
Falling forward, back into orbit
And I still feel alive
It is hopeless, I start to notice
And I still feel alive
Falling forward, back into orbit

[Outro]
I still feel alive (I can feel it)
When it is hopeless (It ain't hopeless)
I start to notice (Start to notice)
I still feel alive (I can feel it)
Falling forward (Falling forward)
Back into orbit (Yeah)

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the lyrics relate to Beneatha because in the song, they're talking about how they're getting their life ripped from them, but when they wake up it's still all there and they're still alive. Beneatha, back in the 50's, felt that she could do anything, but had doubts from her family and the guys she was talking to.

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ASAGAI: For a woman it should be enough. BENEATHA:  I know – because that’s what it says in all the novels that men write. But it isn’t. Go ahead and laugh – but I’m not interested in being someone’s little episode in America or – (With feminine vengeance) – one of them!

Beneatha believes that a woman should do what her heart desires and not "what it says in all the novels that men write." They're more than what they say, and Beneatha doesn't want to be like that. She wants to be a doctor, and to help people who need it.