The Piano Analysis

A particularly effective element of the production was the use of costume. The costumes exposed the time period, transporting the audience back to 1981, immediately involving me in the story. Costume represented the social class the characters belonged to. Mr and Mrs Lyons were rich and had a high social status, their costume established their character; Mr. Lyons was wearing a suit and Mrs. Lyons wore tights and uniform. In contrast, the Johnson family were living in poverty, and this is also shown through the usage of costume. I as audience felt empathy for Mrs Johnson as through costume I could see her financial struggle.

Readers unfamiliar with Louisiana in the nineteenth century can gleam rationalistic information from Chopin’s story including racial relations and the local dialect including the inclusion of French phrases. The different races and ethnic background that existed in southern Louisiana, and how the one-drop rule was used, and unsuspecting people’s lives were altered due to the new knowledge of having black heritage. The gender and roles they had also lacked the equality of today and thankfully laid a foundation for equal right for all minorities going into the future. The difference that being a woman had versus a man in the nineteenth century southern Louisiana was very unbalanced as was being a black man versus a white man, and a white woman versus a black woman. Chopin illustrated a wonderful glance into a time period and people that some one probably never would have thought of and, although the story had some rough parts the outlook was

An application of Analysis of Beethoven’s ‘Pathetique’ piano sonata No. 8 inC minor, Op.13 with particular focus on musical features such as melody, thematic content, rhythm, form and structure, and harmony.

August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, tells a story of a family haunted by the pain of their past and their struggle to find peace to move forward. The story begins with character Boy Willie coming up from the south visiting his sister Bernice. Boy Willie introduces the idea of selling the family’s heirloom, a piano, to raise enough money to buy the land on which his ancestors were enslaved. However, both Boy Willie and his sister Berniece own half a half of the piano and she refuses to let Boy Willie sell it. Through the use of symbolism, Wilson uses his characters, the piano and the family’s situation to provide his intended audience with the lesson of exorcising our past in order to move forward in our lives. Our past will always be a

The piano, created by Bartolomeo Christofori in 1709, has impacted our society by becoming a popular instrument and a popular medium for musicians to create musical masterpieces. Also called the pianoforte, the piano is one of the most beautiful sounding instruments that can range in sound from as low as a gust of wind, to as high as the shrill sound of a bird. It has evolved over time and become an amazing instrument. The piano was accepted very well in history and it has generated many changes in the music industry. The piano was also used a lot in society and has had many applications grow from it. Without it, many classical masterpieces as well as modern songs wouldn’t have been possible.

Throughout the play Wilson portrays the theme that we need to forget our past in order to move forward in life. We will always remember our past, but we should not let it limit us to what we can do. The piano represented the importance of slaves during slavery times. During slavery Slaves were traded like objects and were not important to their owners. For example as Wining Boy, Lymon, Boy Willie, and Doaker are having a get together around the dining room table, Doaker begins his story to explain the history of the piano and he says, “… To understand about that piano… you got to go back to slavery time”(42) . This shows how slaves were not treated fairly or like humans in the past, unlike today where more and more people are being treated equally. As doaker was finishing his story he says, “Now she had her piano and her niggers too”(44). When the author goes from talking about the piano, which is not human to talking about people it shows how slaves were nothing but an accessory to their owners. By the end of Doaker's story it becomes clear on how much the families past is affecting them right now in the present.

They intend to educate the reader about current situations, although Chopins piece wasa little subliminal, and took some deep thought at times, she was still writing about the everyday life of the housewife. Alexie wrote about the hard times of being a Native American growing up on a reservation, the struggles people have. Take Thomas for example, he was a traditional story teller, even though most people would say his story’s made no sense he believed that the elements told him things. Other reservation members thought of him as a whack job because he wasn’t into the drinking and other bad habits they were into.

Sentimental value has the capability to awaken a plethora of emotions, tender feelings, and comfort in people. Most people carry sentimental value in objects. Objects such as jewelry and heirlooms. Objects that carry sentimental value are meant to preserve the past, which makes them so priceless. In The Piano Lesson by August Wilson, this idea of sentimentality is carried by the Charles family through a piano. The piano of The Piano Lesson preserves the legacy of Charles's family as slaves through the eyes of Berniece Charles.

‘The Pianist’ is a cinematic masterpiece by the Polish director Roman Polanski. One of the key ideas that appear throughout much of the film is that of ‘hope being instrumental in our survival’. This idea is portrayed through Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish pianist, as he struggles for survival in Warsaw as everybody that he once knew and everything that he once had is lost. The idea of ‘hope being instrumental in our survival’ is worth learning about as it allows the audience to realise the importance of hope in todays society – and to understand how Polanski uses music to symbolise ‘hope’ for Szpilman in the film. Polanski effectively utilises an array of visual and oral text features such as music, dialogue, and lighting to build further

Her parents, first-generation immigrants from Puerto Rico, try to guide her and give her advice, but ultimately the difference in cultures could not be reconciled. What was acceptable and expected in Puerto Rico was not the same as in America, and it showed. Cofer’s mother, when giving Cofer clothing advice, did not realize how different American girls dressed compared to the Puerto Rican girls. The bright lipstick and more revealing clothes that Cofer was encouraged to wear on a day to day basis were not commonplace for American girls. Cofer also did not dress correctly when it came to formal events. Often not knowing what to wear, she would mix and match pieces of clothing and accessories until she found something she thought looked presentable. However, this still was not right. In fact, a friend of hers pointed out that you could always tell Puerto Rican girls apart from the rest of a group because they tended to “wear everything at once.”

The main conflict of the play is the 137 year old piano, which holds the key to the family history. A history which is physically represented in the piano itself both by the spirit believed to be held within and in the many sophisticated carvings.

Director Jane Campion places a motif throughout her film The Piano that is preoccupied by power struggles between males and females and European colonists and indigenous people. The "Prospero" syndrome is seen in attitudes of the Europeans regarding their belief that European culture, ideology, and religious practices are the only standards of behavior deemed acceptable for human beings, women in particular. The piano then becomes a symbol for the taboos that are placed on the Europeans and their lives. The character of Ada is placed at the center of a struggle between a male character who fully embodies the Kurtz persona with tattoos, close friendships with the Maori, and uninhibited sexual overtures, and one who clings to English ways. Harvey Keitel portrays this character, named Baines, while Sam Neill plays his foil. The character of Stewart embodies the Prospero persona by maintaining an ever-present "businesslike" relationship with the Maori and punishing those who transgress his code of conduct. The punishment of Flora, Ada’s daughter for misbehaving and simulating her mother’s sexual behavior and of Ada herself for loving Baines while conducting and affair at he same time with Stewart himself places a black mark

One of the most common musical instruments in many homes is the piano; and most people have the opportunity for even a few lessons in their youth. However, despite the simplicity of its lines and keys (88 keys), 2-3 pedals on the modern piano, and either upright (vertical) or grand style (horizontal), the physics of the piano are both interesting and complex.

The Piano examines the construction of sexuality in nineteenth century colonial New Zealand within the discourses of power that shaped this era. Different discourses of gender and race and their interactions are presented in order to support a narrative critique of the European patriarchal ideology as dominant social structure.

The beautiful sound of piano music has captured the hearts of people since the early eighteenth century. Since then, many musicians have dedicated their lives to this instrument. Some players even play piano so well that it may seem that this instrument is easy to play. However, to be able to play the piano well isn’t easy; it takes a lot of skill. To become a good piano player, one must love music very much, have good finger techniques, and body flexibility.