It is
not too surprising that mother and daughter are in opposition a bit in this play. The
mother/daughter conflict exists in most of humanity. In , Mamas dreams only
conflict with s dreams when those dreams oppose traditional ideas of family life.
Any (and only) Beneathas dreams that oppose family are the dreams that Mama is
against. Because Mamas generation considers the man to be the natural head of the family, many
of Benethas dreams oppose this older idea of the woman as subservient. (Some say this has to do
with Mama being a Southerner who...
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