The Piano Lesson Book Report 1. Significance of Title - The Piano Lesson Although the title‚ The Piano Lesson‚ may imply a story about learning to play a piano‚ it instead is a very literal explanation of the plot‚ as each character in this play learns‚ through his or her attempts to best utilize their family piano‚ to preserve the family legacy by embracing the past. In the beginning of the play‚ Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a plot of land because he believed the piano was wasting away
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The Piano Lesson Production The Piano Lesson‚ written by August Wilson and directed by Lou Bellamy is placed in the 1930’s and is about an African American family haunted by American slavery. The play mainly focuses on a piano that has been in this African American family for decades. The piano represents strength and courage. During the production not every single scene and line in the playwright was included in the production. It was not actually needed because the actors were really able
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Loss Berniece is a strong and independent widowed woman who seeks peace and freedom throughout the play. Although it has been three years since the death of her husband Crawley‚ she chooses not to marry Avery because she is still in grief. In the Piano Lesson by August Wilson‚ the theme of loss is displayed through Berneice as the loss of her husband causes her to become distressed throughout the play. Berniece’s loss of her husband Crawley causes her to become distressed. The readers can see her
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The piano is ironically the source of possible deaths because of its violent past. Berniece believes the piano should be valued as a family artifact that is priceless. On the other hand‚ Boy Willie believes the piano is worth a significant dollar value. The conflict comes to a violent halt when Berniece walks downstairs with a shotgun which she points at Boy Willie while he and Lymon are trying to move the piano. The resolution of their enmity requires Lymon
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method of storytelling in The Piano Lesson. Symbolism is a technique used by writers to associate one object or idea with another. This technique is essential in The Piano Lesson due to the small-scale‚ rural environment in which the story is told. Important thoughts and ideas that Wilson is trying to portray about African-American society could never be expressed without symbolism‚ due to this small setting. There are many examples of symbolism in The Piano Lesson‚ but one can get a good idea
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In August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson‚ there are many conflicts that arise through the play. Berniece struggles to accept Boy Willie determination to sell the piano so he can buy Sutter’s land. During this time Berniece and Boy Willie go through uneasy times to accept who they are and what their past is. Throughout life‚ people will lose their most prized possessions. They are challenged to overcome this and live their lives in the future and not to dwell them in the past. When Berniece loses her father
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The Piano Lesson Plot Line We recently read the play The Piano Lesson and encountered an interesting plot line. The exposition of the story starts when Boy Willie shows up unexpectedly at his sister’s house. As the story progresses‚ we encounter the rising action. The rising action is when Boy Willie informs Berniece that he is selling their mother’s piano. The climax starts in a couple different places: when Sutter appears‚ and when Berniece plays the piano. The falling action and resolution happen
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Theater 107 03/25/2012 The Piano Lesson By August Wilson The Piano Lesson was inspired by a painting of the same name. It was first performed at the Yale Repertory Theater November 26‚ 1987. The Piano Lesson tells the story of an artistically carved piano‚ the interwoven stories of the Sutter and Charles families that owned the piano. Berniece and Boy Willie (the grand children of the slave who carved the piano) have different views on what to do with the family piano which has much of the family’s
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many things help guide them to their destination‚ some representing what they yearn for more than others. In the plays "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams and "The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson‚ the American Dream is found within the soul of two inanimate objects; the DuBois’s Belle Reve and the Charles’s old piano. Belle Reve is a special place near and dear to the hearts of the children who grew up there‚ Blanche DuBois and Stella Kowalski. In the country‚ the home sheltered the girls
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The Piano Story is a riveting book that explores the symbolic importance of the African American family and super natural being. The story takes place during the great depression in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania. This serves as an important aspect because the family is desperate need of monetary stabilization‚ and opportunity. Through the story‚ the key component of the story is constructed around a family heirloom‚ a piano. This piano has been passed down the family line for generations since slavery
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