A Raisin in the Sun - No Greater Love

A Raisin in the Sun - Lorriane Hansberry

The play also explores the motivations of the characters. I think the greatest example of this is found in the story of Ruth. While many people will wonder why she could even consider killing her baby, in her eyes she really had no reasons to keep it. Ruth was greatly motivated by a great love for her family. She only wanted what was best for them. She loved her baby so much that she realized that bringing it into the current situation might be the worst thing she could do for it. Having the baby would have torn her family apart. As Mama described to Walter who could not understand his wife's actions, "When the world gets ugly enough - a woman will do anything for her family. The part that's already living," (Hansberry, 476). While Ruth is never as vocal as her husband or sister-in-law, she has her own dreams of a home for her family and thinks that she can achieve them by supporting her husband Walter.