I selected Eddie Murphy for Joseph Asagai's character mainly because it reminded me of the character that Eddie played in the movie "Coming to America"(Photo above). Mr. Asagai is portrayed as an educated Nigerian man who came from Canada. He has a love interest for Beneatha. He is also a deep, philosophical thinker as he says to Beneatha " About how much time one needs to know what one feels?" (Act 1, Scene 2, p.1051) Joseph is also very polite. He demonstrates this by asking Mama Younger's forgiveness for coming at an outrageous hour on a Saturday. He also teaches Beneatha his culture by giving her a robe from his village. His quote, "Sacrificing for the future of his people" showed a charismatic element to his personality. His two goals in the play was the betterment of Africa and win Beneatha's heart as he asks her to move with him to Africa.
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