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  1. Ruth encourages her husband Walter to remember the time when their baby was born, the hopeful way they talked about the future and all the plans they made together. Ruth knows they are inching farther away from their dreams. Although weary with the constant daily struggle of making ends meet and keeping her marriage alive, Ruth has become ...

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      Ruth, smiling, details an evening she and Walter spent...

    • Mama

      Mama is the most nurturing character in the play, and she...

  2. Jun 13, 2024 · Ruth’s dream ignites a spark of hope that keeps the Younger family united and inspires them to pursue their own dreams. As Langston Hughes’ poem suggests, a dream deferred may wither, but Ruth’s dream in A Raisin In The Sun reminds us that it can also blossom and transform lives. Bibliography: Hansberry, Lorraine.

  3. Ruth Younger. Ruth joined the Younger family when she married Walter, and from the play’s opening moments it is clear that her day-to-day life in the Younger household has exhausted her utterly. Despite her pregnancy, Ruth does strenuous domestic work in white homes and plays a key part in keeping the entire Younger family functioning.

  4. Hansberry describes Ruth as being "about thirty" but "in a few years, she will be known among her people as a 'settled woman.'" Ruth has only simple dreams and would be content to live out her life being moderately comfortable. Her biggest dream blossoms only after Mama's news of the possibility of their moving to a better neighborhood.

  5. Ruth Younger Character Analysis. Ruth Younger. Walter Lee’s wife and Travis’ mother. About thirty years old, Ruth was once “exceptionally” pretty, although an air of “disappointment has already begun to hang in her face.”. Her demeanor indicates that life has delivered “little that she expected,” and, as Walter says, she is ...

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  7. Like Mama, Ruth clings to the dream of a home, which generates conflict with her husband, Walter Lee, who dreams of becoming a self-sufficient business owner. Similarly, Walter’s dream of owning a liquor store (one of the few business ventures open to an African-American man in mid-century Chicago) stands in stark contrast to his sister Beneatha’s dream of becoming a doctor.

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