On page 22, Lorraine Hansberry directly relates the amount of time covered in the play to the reader. Since this occurs before Act I, the audience would not be informed of this, but Hansberry lists the time covered for readers: "Act I, Scene One: Friday Morning. Scene Two: The following morning. Act II, Scene One: Later, the same day. Scene Two: Friday night, a few weeks later. Scene Three: Moving day, one week later. Act III: An hour later." Even with this information, it was difficult for me to tell how much time had really passed between acts and scenes.
Over the course of the play, all action takes place on the stage in front of the audience. The play lacks a narrator who steps onto the stage to explain events. Everything happens right there in front of the audience.
The play feels fairly loose in its construction. Unlike Othello, events are realistic in A Raisin in the Sun. The events which take place could take place in everyday life and often do take place in many people's lives. Nothing had to fall perfectly into place for the play to end the way it did. The loose feeling this creates makes the play easier to relate to. Nothing ever falls perfectly into place for everyone, and people will always have struggles. The fact that the Younger family has to endure struggles proves that they are a normal family affected by normal circumstances like anyone else would be. Honestly, it makes them more likable.
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