We first studied the relationship in the opening of Act III between symbolism and stage directions focusing on the use of light. We discussed how the dingy light mirrors the Younger family's despair and how light continues to represent hope and nourishment. We then studied how Beneatha and Asagai act as foils. We analyzed the text to determine the characters' contrasting view of human progress and how Beneatha, as a medical student who craves tangible quick results ,lacks an appreciation of how political progress is infinite , intangible ,and often unseeable. We noted the geometric metaphor comparing human progress to an infinite line .
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