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Lorraine Hansberry RUTH: Where they been? BENEATHA: How should I know—out hunting or something. Anyway, they are coming back now . . . RUTH: Well, that's good. BENEATHA (with the record): Alundi, alundi Alundi alunya Jop pu a jeepua Ang gu soooooooooo Ai yai yae . . . Ayehaye—alundi. . . WALTER comes in during this performance; he has obviously been drinking. He leans against the door heavily and watches his sister, at first with distaste. Then hiseyes look off—"back as he lifts both his fists to the roof, screaming. to the past"— WALTER: YEAH ... AND ETHIOPIA STRETCH FORTH HANDS AGAIN! .. . RUTH (drily, looking at him): Yes —and Africa sure is claiming her own tonight. (She gives them both up and starts ironing again.) WALTER (all in a drunken, dramatic shout): Shut up! . . . I'm digging them drums . . . them drums move me! . . . (He makes weaving way to his wife's face and leans in close to her.) In my heart of hearts—(He thumps his chest.)—I am much warrior! RUTH (without even looking up): In your heart of hearts you are much drunkard. WALTER (coming away from her and starting to wander around the room, shouting): Me and Jomo . . . (Intently, in his sister's face. She has stopped dancing to watch him in this unknown mood.) That's my man, Kenyatta. (shouting and thumping his chest) FLAMING SPEAR! HOT DAMN! (He is suddenly in possession of an imaginary spear and actively spearing enemies all over the room.) OCOMOGOSIAY. . . BENEATHA (to encourage WALTER, thoroughly caught up with this side of him): OCOMOGOSIAY, FLAMING SPEAR! WALTER: THE LION IS WAKING . . . OWIMOWEH! (He pull his shirt open and leaps up on the table and gestures spear.) with his 52-5
A RAISIN IN THE SUN Act II IScene BENEATHA: OWIMOWEH! WALTER (On the table, veryfar gone, his eyespure glass sheets. He sees what we cannot, that he is a leader of his people, great a chief, a descendant of Chaka, and that the hour to march has come.): Listen, my black brothers — BENEATHA: OCOMOGOSIAY! WALTER: —Do you hear the waters rushing against theshores of the coastlands — BENEATHA: OCOMOGOSIAY! WALTER: —Do you hear the screeching of thecocks inyonder hills beyond where the chiefs meet in council for thecoming of the mighty war— BENEATHA: OCOMOGOSIAY! And now the lighting shifts subtlyto suggest WALTER'S theworld of imagination, and the mood shifts from pure comedy. It is the inner WALTER speaking: the Southside chauffeurhasassumed an unexpected majesty. WALTER: —Do you hear the beating of the wings of thebirds flying low over the mountains and the low places of land— our BENEATHA: OCOMOGOSIAY! WALTER: Do you hearthe singing of the women, singing the war songs of our fathers to the babies in the great houses? Singing the sweet war songs! (The doorbell rings.) OH, DO YOU HEAR, MY BLACK BROTHERS! BENEATHA (completely gone): We hear you, Flaming Spear— RUTH shuts off the phonograph and opens GEORGE the door. MURCHISON enters. WALTER: Telling us to preparefor the GREATNESS OF THE TIME! (Lights back to normal. He turns GEORGE.) and sees Black Brother! (He extends his hand for the fraternal clasp.) GEORGE: Black Brother, hell! RUTH (having had enough, and embarrassed for family): the Beneatha, you gotcompany—what'sthe matter with you? Walter Lee Younger, get down off that tableand stop acting like a fool. . . WALTER comes down offthe table suddenly and makes aquick exit to the bathroom. 5*6
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