Mama's plant, the only bit of green in the tenement space that she shares with her son, Walter Younger, his wife Ruth, their son Travis, and Mama's daughter, Beneatha, is symbolic of hope. The hope is that one day she will have her own garden. In this instance, the hope is fulfilled, for the family will be moving into a house in Clybourne Park, despite the resistance of its white residents.
Furthermore, Mama will now...
Mama's plant, the only bit of green in the tenement space that she shares with her son, Walter Younger, his wife Ruth, their son Travis, and Mama's daughter, Beneatha, is symbolic of hope. The hope is that one day she will have her own garden. In this instance, the hope is fulfilled, for the family will be moving into a house in Clybourne Park, despite the resistance of its white residents.
Furthermore, Mama will now take her small plant, which she has been cultivating for years and will plant it in a space that was intended to exclude her. The symbolism here addresses the way in which white supremacy denied black people property rights or—particularly in the case of Chicago, where the play is set—denied black people fair access to housing.
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