A Raisin in the Sun
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A Raisin in the Sun is a landmark 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry that portrays the struggles of a Black family in Chicago as they confront racism, housing discrimination, and conflicting dreams for a better life.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Raisin in the Sun Context triple: [Phylicia Rashad, notableWork, A Raisin in the Sun]
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Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a landmark American stage play that portrays the tragic downfall of aging salesman Willy Loman while critiquing the promises and failures of the American Dream.
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B.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is a landmark American play by Tennessee Williams that explores desire, mental instability, and social decay in postwar New Orleans.
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C.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son is James Baldwin’s influential 1955 collection of essays examining race, identity, and social injustice in mid-20th-century America.
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D.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by James Baldwin that portrays a young Black couple’s love and struggle for justice in Harlem amid systemic racism and wrongful imprisonment.
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E.
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a tragic play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of immigration, family loyalty, and forbidden desire in an Italian-American community in 1950s Brooklyn.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Raisin in the Sun Target entity description: A Raisin in the Sun is a landmark 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry that portrays the struggles of a Black family in Chicago as they confront racism, housing discrimination, and conflicting dreams for a better life.
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A.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a landmark American stage play that portrays the tragic downfall of aging salesman Willy Loman while critiquing the promises and failures of the American Dream.
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B.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is a landmark American play by Tennessee Williams that explores desire, mental instability, and social decay in postwar New Orleans.
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C.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son is James Baldwin’s influential 1955 collection of essays examining race, identity, and social injustice in mid-20th-century America.
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D.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by James Baldwin that portrays a young Black couple’s love and struggle for justice in Harlem amid systemic racism and wrongful imprisonment.
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E.
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a tragic play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of immigration, family loyalty, and forbidden desire in an Italian-American community in 1950s Brooklyn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American play
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drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| author | Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement |
life insurance check
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purchase of a house in a white neighborhood ⓘ |
| cityOfFirstPerformance | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| follows | Hansberry v. Lee ⓘ |
| genre |
realist drama
ⓘ
social problem play ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)
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A Raisin in the Sun (2008 television film) ⓘ
surface form:
A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)
A Raisin in the Sun (television film, 1989) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
character Beneatha Younger
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character George Murchison ⓘ character Joseph Asagai ⓘ character Karl Lindner ⓘ character Lena Younger ⓘ character Ruth Younger ⓘ character Travis Younger ⓘ character Walter Lee Younger ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
assimilation versus cultural identity
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conflicting dreams within a family ⓘ dignity and pride ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Hansberry family’s housing discrimination case ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African-American literature
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civil rights era drama ⓘ |
| locationOfSetting |
City of Chicago
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surface form:
Chicago
South Side, Chicago ⓘ
surface form:
South Side of Chicago
|
| mainSubject |
African American family life
ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ gender roles ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ housing discrimination ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ racism ⓘ American Dream ⓘ
surface form:
the American Dream
|
| notableFor | being the first play by an African American woman produced on Broadway ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance |
Broadway
ⓘ
Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
1950s
ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ |
| titleComesFrom |
Montage of a Dream Deferred
ⓘ
surface form:
poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes
|
| writer | Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstPerformance | 1959 ⓘ |
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Subject: A Raisin in the Sun Description of subject: A Raisin in the Sun is a landmark 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry that portrays the struggles of a Black family in Chicago as they confront racism, housing discrimination, and conflicting dreams for a better life.
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A Raisin in the Sun (play)
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A Raisin in the Sun (play)
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Raisin in the Sun (stage production)
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1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun
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A Raisin in the Sun (1959 play)
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A Raisin in the Sun (1959 play)
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Act II of A Raisin in the Sun
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Act III of A Raisin in the Sun
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"A Raisin in the Sun"
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Walter Lee Younger
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Travis Younger
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Travis Younger
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A Raisin in the Sun universe
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Travis Younger
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A Raisin in the Sun (1959 play)
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Joseph Asagai
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George Murchison
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George Murchison
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A Raisin in the Sun (1959 play)
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Karl Lindner
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A Raisin in the Sun (play)
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A Raisin in the Sun (play)
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A Raisin in the Sun (1989 television film)
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A Raisin in the Sun (play)
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A Raisin in the Sun (1989 television film)
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A Raisin in the Sun (stage play)
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A Raisin in the Sun (1989 television film)
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Lena Younger