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Beneatha is always striving to be more knowledgeable and to defy all stereotypes about women. “Listen, I'm going to be a doctor. I'm not wor-ried about who I'm going to marry yet if I ever get married.“ (Hansberry 50) Her desire to become a doctor denies all stereotypes of women, especially black individuals, in society during that time, and it shows how she wants to stand out.



]]> 2018-12-15 22:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/8699067/fledv64brc3z/wish/314924861 8699067 https://padlet.com/8699067/fledv64brc3z/wish/314924874 Beneatha accepts and loves Nigerian culture. “records and the colorful robes of a Nigerian woman) Oh, Asagai! . . . You got them for me! . . .How beautiful . . . and the records too! (She lifts out the robes and runs to the mirror with them and holds..” (Hansberry 60) She is showing signs of not conforming to white culture and is denying assimilation.

Beneatha becomes very emotional whenever someone deters her beliefs are argues with her dreams. “(Cutting GEORGE off and staring at him as she replies to RUTH) It means someone who is willing to give up his own culture and submerge himself completely in the dominant, and in this case oppressive culture!” (Hansberry 83) This shows how Beneatha is an independent woman and will challenge anyone who deters her beliefs]]> 2018-12-15 22:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/8699067/fledv64brc3z/wish/314924874 8699067 https://padlet.com/8699067/fledv64brc3z/wish/314924883 “One for Whom Bread Food Is Not” is the nickname given to Beneatha by Asagai.  He recognizes that she does not want to be average, in fact she wants to do something great in life and be one of the first of her type to do so.  The saying bread food is not enough is a metaphor, meaning that Beneatha is not satisfied with her life and she wants to keep on improving.

Beneatha’s unstraightened Afro-like hair is a symbol of her belief in non-assimilation.  She cuts this hear and lets it become curly in order to embrace the African tradition and show her unwillingness to conform to white principles. “Her hair is close-cropped and unstraightened.” (Hansberry 81)]]> 2018-12-15 22:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/8699067/fledv64brc3z/wish/314924883 8699067 https://padlet.com/8699067/fledv64brc3z/wish/365067980 The night sky background of the stars is a great visual to describe Beneatha.  The stars represent the goals of Beneatha and the distance between the earth and the stars represents the time period in which black women were thought to be far away from reaching any goal.  The stars also represent Beneatha’s desire to push forward and higher into the sky to achieve those dreams.

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