How are Ruth and Walter different?

How are Ruth and Walter different?

Walter and Ruth have a difficult relationship and are not happily married to each other throughout the play. Their love has grown cold over the years and their financial struggles have taken a toll on their relationship. Ruth loves her husband and realizes that she cannot give Walter what he needs to make him happy.

How would you describe the relationship between Ruth and Walter?

The relationship between Walter and Ruth in act 1, scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun is shown as somewhat distant. Whereas Walter’s full of big plans and ambitions, Ruth just wants to get on with taking care of her family as best she can.

Why does Beneatha refer to her mother as a tyrant?

Why do Beneatha and Walter feel Mama is a “tyrant” who exercises too much power in A Raisin in the Sun? As the matriarch Mama oversees all that goes on in the apartment. She even listens in on phone calls. Walter is upset that Mama has power over the settlement money, which he thinks he can use more wisely.

Does Walter cheat on Ruth?

It is revealed that Walter has been cheating on Ruth. George refuses to take Beneatha out when she is wearing her unusual clothing.

Why is Walter so resentful of his sister wanting to continue her education so far as to go to medical school?

Beneatha wanting to be a doctor shows that she is a very helping person and she wants to help others. Walter is resentful because he doesn’t want all the money to go to Beneatha’s school and he wants the money for his business.

What does Ruth say to Walter in A Raisin in the Sun?

She apologizes to Walter for “this new baby” and states that she “better go on and do what I started,” meaning that she intends to go through with the abortion. Ruth tries to offer Walter hot milk or coffee to counteract the effect of “all that liquor” that Walter drank.

Why is Ruth angry with Walter for keeping Travis up?

Travis- living room Mama & Beneatha- another room Ruth & Walter- one room why is ruth angry with Walter because he wont get up out of bed and get a shower. and because he had friends over the night before and kept travis up what does ruth do when walter tells her that she looks young she turns away from him, ignore’s him

What is rift between Ruth and Walter when they say you mean graft?

4. What rift is indicated between Ruth and Walter when she says to him, “You mean graft?”, when he talks of how he plans to get his liquor store license approved? How does this relate to the state of their marriage?

What did George and Ruth say about Beneatha’s hair?

Ruth and George are both shocked by Beneatha’s “nappy” hair. While Beneatha proudly declares her hair “natural,” George calls it “eccentric.” Beneatha accuses George of being an “assimilationist” Negro, and George replies by saying that the “heritage” of which Beneatha is so proud is “nothing but . . . some grass huts!”