Insurance Money

NSTRUCTIONS: Write a 5-page essay responding to the question below.  The final page of your submission must be a  Works Cited page. All citations must follow MLA guidelines. Page limit 4-5 pages. Submit your work as a Word.doc file to this drop box. Submit as an attachment. Paper Format: Use Times New Roman size 12 font and double space each page, including the final Works Cited page. QUESTION: Examine the dialogue below, between Walter Lee and Mama, and use it to begin a discussion about the conflict between them and issues they face within the family. In your concluding paragraphs, comment on how  realistic the play is, and whether the issues that the family faced in the wider social community are still relevant today. DIALOGUE: Walter: Mama, where have you been? … Walter: [Rising and bending over the table.] Where were you, Mama? [Bringing his fist down and shouting.] Mama, you didn’t go do something with that insurance money, something crazy? (Act II, scene one, 978). To answer this question effectively, you must do the following: a) Explain what happened in the play that prompted this dialogue between Mama and Walter. b) Select dialogues from three other scenes, one from each act of the play, and show that they relate to the dialogue in the prompt above. Clearly identify each scene you are discussing, using in-text citations. c) Discuss the issues that these scenes raise, showing how they create conflict between mother and son, and extend to the rest of the family. d) Explain whether those issues are resolved by the end of the play, and whether you find this a satisfying ending.