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Essay heading: The Difference of Mothers in The Glass Menagerie and A Raisin in the Sun
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Amanda, sees Laura as fragile, like glass, and hopes she can find her a gentleman caller to take care of her and the family. In this play, Amanda, wants the best for her children, but should realize that they have their own lives.
A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, tries to give readers an overall look of what it feels like to be given a chance to make a difference...
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The play includes Mama, the stronghold of the family, her son, Walter Lee, a dreamer, Beneatha, Walter's sister, who wants to be a doctor, his wife, Ruth, a realist, and their son, Travis. The play setting is like that of The Glass Menagerie, and is set in post WWII and tells how Mama wants to make a difference for her family...
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