What does doaker think Berniece should do with the piano? What does Doaker think Bernice should do with the piano and why? She should
sell the piano
because it has brought them nothing but trouble.
What does Avery suggest berniece can do with the piano?
Avery suggests that she use the piano to
start a choir at his church
. Berniece replies that she has not been able to touch the piano since her mother died.
Why does Berniece play the piano?
What is the significance of maretha taking piano lessons?
How does doaker feel about having the piano in the house?
Why does doaker believe that Berniece will not sell the piano?
He didn't want to sell it to the pawn shop for what they were willing to pay
. Who did Doaker see at the piano three weeks ago? He saw sutter's ghost sitting at the piano before bernice did. You just studied 35 terms!
What was in Avery's dream in The Piano Lesson?
Currently he works as an elevator operator in town. When asked how he became a preacher, Avery recounts a dream. Sitting in a railroad yard, he comes upon
three hobos traveling from Nazareth to Jerusalem
. They entrust a lit candle to him.
Who is maretha in The Piano Lesson?
Maretha is
Berniece's 11-year-old daughter
. She is a shy, obedient girl. Maretha is getting extra schooling in hopes of becoming a schoolteacher. Berniece devotes most of her energy to raising Maretha well, hoping that her daughter will have opportunities that she herself never had.
How does The Piano Lesson end?
In the end,
Boy Willie heads back down to Mississippi without selling the piano
. Before leaving, though, he reminds his sister to keep playing on the piano, or he and Sutter many just be back.
Is The Piano Lesson a true story?
At the prodding of my friends I am writing this story. My name is Mildred Honor. I am a former elementary school music teacher from Des Moines, Iowa.
What does the piano represent in The Piano Lesson?
What is The Piano Lesson by August Wilson about?
Overview.
In Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1936, the Charles family battle each other over their shared legacy – an antique piano
. The fourth play of Wilson's epic Century Cycle, Pulitzer Prize-winning The Piano Lesson is a stunning and moving drama of family, history, and survival.
Who helped boy Charles steal the piano?
| A B | I what year did Boy Charles steal the piano? 1911 | Who helped Boy Charles steal the piano? Doaker and Wining Boy | Where does Lymon's truck break down two times? West Virginia | Where did Doaker and Wining Boy take the piano? Mama Ola |
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Who killed Sutter in The Piano Lesson?
Willie asks his uncle for a celebratory drink:
the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog
have drowned Sutter in his own well.
What is the ghost of the Yellow Dog In The Piano Lesson?
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.
What does Berniece say she won't burden maretha with?
Berniece argues that she doesn't want to burden Maretha with
the past
, but is that really just an excuse to hide from it herself? Berniece even refuses to play on the piano any more.
Who carved the faces into the piano in the piano lesson?
Who is the protagonist in The Piano Lesson?
What does Berniece go upstairs to get?
Who does Berniece blame for Crawley's death?
Unlike other characters, the stage notes for Berniece are somewhat sparse, describing her as a thirty-five-year-old mother still mourning for her husband, Crawley. She blames
her brother, Boy Willie
, for her husband's death, remaining ever skeptical of his bravado and chiding him for his rebellious ways.
What is the main conflict of the play The Piano Lesson?
How does Ada get her piano back?
Baines pays the bemused Maoris to bring the piano to his makeshift house, trading it for some land that Stewart wants. Ada is incensed, but Baines offers her a deal:
she can buy the piano back, key by key, in return for certain favours
.
How much can Boy Willie get for the piano?
What does the railroad represent in The Piano Lesson?
The value of the railroad to black is a common element in August Wilson's plays, in which iron rails symbolize
freedom and a life's journey
. He depicts trains as cheap and reliable transportation, a ready egress from difficult situations, a source of jobs, and a standard element of storytelling and blues lyrics.
What does the piano symbolize in two kinds?
The piano represents
reconciliation between mother and daughter
. Jing-mei took it as a sign of acceptance and she later realized that her mother had never given up on her.
What does the piano symbolize to Boy Willie?
Under Willie Boy's hands, however, the piano also becomes both
a symbolic attempt to keep the family together and the physical record of the family's history
.
How does the piano symbolize the conflict within the mother herself?
Why is the play called The Piano Lesson?
No, The Piano Lesson isn't a manual on how to play the piano, but
it is about someone with something to learn
. By the end of the play, all of its characters appear to have learned a “lesson.” “Oh, but what is this lesson? I must know, I must know,” you desperately say. Settle down, settle down…
Why is it called The Piano Lesson?
Why does Wilson title his play The Piano Lesson?
Why did boy Charles want the piano?
Boy Charles was obsessed with the Sutter piano his whole life,
believing that as long as the Sutters owned the piano, they effectively still enslaved the family, too
. After Boy Charles's brothers helped him steal the piano from the Sutter home, Sutter had Boy Charles tracked down and killed in retaliation.
What does Lymon give berniece before they kiss?
What is special about the piano?
What does Avery look like in The Piano Lesson?
Avery is
ambitious and honest and dresses well
. He followed Berniece to Pittsburgh from Mississippi two years ago in hopes of persuading her to marry him after her first husband, Crawley, died.
Whose ghost does Avery say Berniece is carrying around?
Avery replies that she cannot continue carrying Crawley with her. Changing the subject, Berniece asks Avery to bless the house in hopes of exorcising
Sutter's ghost
. She remains convinced that Boy Willie killed him.
How much can Boy Willie get for the 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?
