The father of the family is portrayed as someone who was responsible, but unfortunately, he passed on, leaving the family with little inheritance, without a dream to realize. The play ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ brings this out. Many men lost their lives, leaving their families with no proper care. The first reason that led to this was the world war, which was ending during this time. The plays bring out the two possibilities that lead to women taking charge of their families during this period. Because they could not run away from their children, women had no otherwise but to transform themselves to be family heads. Because of this, women were forced to take responsibilities in their families. It is during this time that men started neglecting their duties as breadwinners of their families. The plays bring out the American culture in a very systematic way. Both were written in the late forties when the American society was on the verge of changing from a purely patriarchal society to a more liberal society with all members having equal rights. This is what the two plays are addressing. Poets and play writers have used plays, poems, stories, and songs to express the values and events in society. For a long time, plays have been used to express real-life concerns.
In both cases, the idea of racism comes out clearly.
They both have a similar setting in Chicago. The two plays bear many similarities in terms of the content. The two plays ‘The Glass Menagerie’ and ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ brings out the features of American society.
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