A Raisin in the Sun
By: Lorraine Hansberry
In this section, George serves as a powerful symbol
of the changes in time. A member of a wealthy African-American family, George
is the cornucopia of Walter’s and many other aspiring African-Americans’ dreams.
He illustrates success in the financial world as well as social as he is not
only wealthy in terms of money, but education as well. George serves a symbol
of a new generation in which freedoms and opinions are expressed openly as he
and Beneatha openly argue about the meaning of assimilation and heritage. In
George’s interaction with Walter when he states, “Good night Prometheus,” time
is further unbound as the reader is drawn back and connected to Greek Mythology
and the Titan god, Prometheus, who had been restrained by chains. This allegory
illustrates the idea that Walter is restrained by his unachieved dreams as he
is jealous of George’s success and blames others for his own failures. In the
pursuit of dreams, time becomes free and open as past aspirations live on
within the characters affecting and controlling their futures. Mama’s dream of
a house with a garden lives on with her influencing what she does with the
money. Time becomes influential in character’s actions and their involvement in
the plot as Walter’s business absence shifts the story. Over time, stories change as scenes pass by.
As
Marty Rubin once said, “Time does
not pass, it continues.” From the end of Act I to the beginning of Act II, time
has not simply passed, but continued. In Scene I of Act II, time, both in the
sense of minutes and years, is reflected in the character of George Murchison.
In this section, George serves as a powerful symbol
of the changes in time. A member of a wealthy African-American family, George
is the cornucopia of Walter’s and many other aspiring African-Americans’ dreams.
He illustrates success in the financial world as well as social as he is not
only wealthy in terms of money, but education as well. George serves a symbol
of a new generation in which freedoms and opinions are expressed openly as he
and Beneatha openly argue about the meaning of assimilation and heritage. In
George’s interaction with Walter when he states, “Good night Prometheus,” time
is further unbound as the reader is drawn back and connected to Greek Mythology
and the Titan god, Prometheus, who had been restrained by chains. This allegory
illustrates the idea that Walter is restrained by his unachieved dreams as he
is jealous of George’s success and blames others for his own failures. In the
pursuit of dreams, time becomes free and open as past aspirations live on
within the characters affecting and controlling their futures. Mama’s dream of
a house with a garden lives on with her influencing what she does with the
money. Time becomes influential in character’s actions and their involvement in
the plot as Walter’s business absence shifts the story. Over time, stories change as scenes pass by. 
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