Problem:
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun explores not only the evolving solving and economic positions of African Americans in the mid-twentieth century, but also their evolving gender roles, a subject on which Robert C. Weaver also comments briefly in "The Negro as an American". Discuss the crucial role that gender plays in the action of A Raisin in the Sun. Does the play seem to uphold any particular vision of gender roles, especially within the family? Might it in any way endorse Weaver's provocative claims on the subject?