The characters in Lorraine Hansberry^s play are very significant in understanding the play. The characters are examples of they way Lorraine lived day by day her live when she was a kid. The success of the play was brought out by the characters and her way of keeping our interest with each one of them. They characters are very critical in understanding the play. There were four main characters that made the play a sellout, Lena, Ruth, Beneatha and Walter Lee. Each one of these characters had a dream to try to accomplish. The Characters portray the plays meaning in...
the way Lorraine lived. The four characters Lena, Ruth, Beneatha, and Walter Lee, made the play into a enjoying drama by there dialogue and actions. Hansberry believed strongly in her African heritage, and she incorporated her knowledge of her African past by associating it mostly between Beneatha and Asagai. The way Hansberry describes her characters each one had to depend on one another for support in survival. I thought Hansberry^s drama of a Negro family struggling for survival was excellent by the way she made that play revolve around her childhood, and the way she developed each character.