When Boy Willie tells them that Sutter, the man whose family used to own the Charles family during Slavery, has fallen into a well and drowned, Berniece suspects Boy Willie
of having murdered him
.
What is Boy Willie's relationship to Berniece?
Boy Willie, Berniece's brother and another of the play's protagonists, is 30 years old. He is
boyish, impulsive, talkative
, and can behave a bit crudely.
Why does Berniece blame Boy Willie for Crawley's death?
She blames her brother, Boy Willie, for her husband's death,
remaining ever skeptical of his bravado and chiding him for his rebellious ways
. … In this respect, she doubles as her mother, Mama Ola, a woman who, in her mourning for her husband, spent the rest of her days attending to the piano that cost him his life.
What criticism does Boy Willie make about how Berniece is raising maretha?
Willie
accuses Berniece of teaching Maretha that as a black person she lives at the “bottom of life”
—the only result will be that she will come to hate her.
Why was lynon and Boy Willie in the penitentiary?
Willie explains that some whites had tried to chase him, Lymon, and Crawley from some lumber they were pilfering. Crawley fought back and was killed, while the other two went to
prison for theft
.
How does Boy Willie claim Sutter has died?
He was later
murdered for it in the yellow box train car by whites
. They tried burning his house also. Mother of Boy Willie, Mama Ola kept piano and then it was passed down to be shared among Willie and Berniece. Who is Maretha?
Why did Sutter's wife get sick?
During slavery, a man named Robert Sutter—the recently deceased Sutter's grandfather—owned the Charles family. … Though initially Miss Ophelia, Sutter's wife, loved the piano, she started to miss her slaves and attempted to trade them back. When Nolander refused,
she fell desperately ill
.
Is Boy Willie older than berniece?
Berniece
.
Sister of Boy Willie
. Unlike other characters, the stage notes for Berniece are somewhat sparse, describing her as a thirty-five-year-old mother still in mourning for her husband, Crawley.
Who is Grace The piano Lesson?
Grace is
a young woman whom Boy Willie meets
and brings back to Berniece's house for a romantic night. She and Lymon later end up together. Mama Berniece was Berniece's and Boy Willie's great-grandmother. Along with her son, Papa Boy Charles, she was traded to Joel Nolander in exchange for Ophelia Sutter's piano.
What does Boy Willie want in The piano Lesson?
Boy Willie Charles arrives at his sister's home in Pittsburgh determined to sell the family piano which they have inherited. He wants
to buy land in Mississippi where his family was once enslaved
. Berniece refuses to sell the piano, because it represents the family's past.
Why does Boy Willie want to buy Sutter's land?
Why does Boy Willie want to purchase Sutter's land? The land that Boy Willie wants to purchase is
the land that his grandfather was kept as a slave on
, which is very important to him.
Who sees the ghost first in The piano Lesson?
| A B | What is the name of Doaker's grandfather? Willie Boy | Who sees Sutter's ghost first? Doaker | Who does Lymon want to give the bottle of perfume? Grace | Where did the Yellow Dog get its name? color of the boxcars |
|---|
How much is Boy Willie being offered for the Charles piano?
How will Boy Willie get the money to pay for Sutters land? He wants to sell the piano, to come up with the funds for buying sutters land, which total up to
about 2000 dollars
. How long has it been since Crawley died? 3 years.
What did the ghost of the yellow dog do for Wining Boy?
These ghosts primarily concern themselves with vengeance: Sutter
returns to avenge his murder and reclaim the piano
, and thus the Charles family; the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog avenge their own murder by murdering Sutter; these ghosts met their end when living in Boy Charles's attempt to avenge the ancestors.
Why did Lyman go to jail in The piano Lesson?
Lymon served time on Parchman Farm for being involved in Boy Willie's wood theft; he got shot in the stomach during the incident. Later, Lymon was jailed
for not working and then forced to work for Stovall to pay
off his bail.
Why were Boy Willie and Lymon at Parchman Farm?
He tells the story of how they ended up on Parchman Farm. Boy Willie and Lymon were
hauling wood for a guy named Joe Miller
. Everyday they'd throw a little off to the side. They were planning to come pick it up later, when they had enough for a load.
