The play opens with Langston Hughes’s poem “A Dream Deferred.” Aside from the title of the play
being derived from this poem, what is the author’s purpose for placing this poem at the beginning?
How does the message of the poem relate to the lives of the Younger family as we see them in this
section? Write a brief essay, analyzing the purpose of the poem in relation to the text. Be sure to cite
specific evidence from the text to support your analysis.
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