ENGL 173 Lecture 7: English 173 Week 4, 2
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Selection from black theatre: the making of a movement (1978) A raisin in the sun subject (word cloud) Love is a subject not a dramatic theme. Point of view on subject = dramatic theme: ex. Love sucks and then you die is dramatic theme. What are the conflicts in the play: internal conflict is not the same as external conflict, the central conflict is not internal. Walter: (with immense passion) because it is life, mama! Mama: (quietly): oh--(very quietly) so now it"s life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life--now it"s money. Some striking image near the center of the play . *the meaning of human language changes with context. ta-nehisi coates* We feel that most of the trouble in this world, when you come right down to it--most of the trouble exists because people just don"t sit down and talk to each other. The whole business is a matter of caring about the other fellow.
