Hansberry writes, “Now the once loved pattern of the couch upholstery has to fight to show itself from under acres of crocheted doilies and couch covers which have themselves finally come to be more important than the upholstery” (23). Ruth can easily be compared to the couch in her living room as a woman who is overcome by how she feels about the Younger household and living conditions. Over the course of this play, The Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, Ruth changes from fed up to relieved, content to concerned, and finally from concerned to satisfied. In the beginning, she is sick of everything, and events change her feelings to be calmer. Near the middle, Ruth goes from feeling content to concerned. Finally, after being concerned, she eventually is satisfied.
Near the beginning of the play, Ruth is very fed up with everything, and throughout she becomes more relieved. Hansberry illustrates, “Ruth is about thirty…and disappointment has already begun to hang in......
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