Study Guide Contents

A Raisin in the Sun Message Board

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Key Literary Elements
• Setting
• Character List
• Conflict
• Short Plot/Scene Summary (Synopsis)
• Themes
• Mood
• Background Information - Biography
• Literary/Historical Information
• Quotes

Chapter summaries with Notes
• Act I, Scene 1: Friday morning
• Act I, Scene 2: The following morning
• Act II, Scene 1: Later, the same day
• Act II, Scene 2: Friday night, a few weeks later
• Act II, Scene 3: Moving day, one week later
• Act III: An hour later

Overall Analyses
• Character Analysis
• Plot Structure Analysis
• Themes Analysis
• The Meaning of the Title

Questions
• Study Questions

Comment
• Comment on the Study of Literature