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What is Parchman Farm in The Piano Lesson?
In January 1901 the state of Mississippi purchased land in Sunflower County for a prison. The Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm or simply Parchman, became the main hub for Mississippi’s penal system.
How did Sutter die in The Piano Lesson?
Two have come from Mississippi to sell watermelons. Willie has not seen his sister Berniece, who lives with Doaker, for three years as he has been serving a sentence on the Parchman Prison Farm. Willie asks his uncle for a celebratory drink: the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog have drowned Sutter in his own well.
Why does Boy Willie want to keep the piano?
Boy Willie justifies his desire for land by appealing to his father’s experience, explain? Boy Willie wants to sell piano to buy Sutter’s land where his family worked as slaves and to start his life and The American Dream.
What year does the piano lesson take place?
1936
Why won’t berniece sell the piano?
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. Boy Willie thinks the piano is valuable only because it can be sold to secure his future. Berniece uses the piano to exorcise the ghost and save her brother.
Who is Grace in The Piano Lesson?
Grace. A young, urban woman whom Boy Willie and Lymon each try to pick up.
When was the piano lesson first produced on stage?
December 1987
Who Murdered Bernice father in The Piano Lesson?
Review for The Piano Lesson (copy)
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Who murdered Berniece’s father? | Robert Sutter |
| What was the name of the first Berniece’s mistress? | Ophelia |
| I what year did Boy Charles steal the piano? | 1911 |
| Who helped Boy Charles steal the piano? | Doaker and Wining Boy |
What happens to the piano in the piano lesson?
The play reaches its climax when Boy Willie and Lymon attempt to roll the piano out of the house. At last, Berniece saves the day when she plays the piano, calls on the spirits of her ancestors, and banishes Sutter’s ghost. In the end, Boy Willie heads back down to Mississippi without selling the piano.
How did Crawley Berniece’s husband die?
How did Crawley Berniece’s husband die? Willie says that some whites tried to chase Willie, Lymon and Bernieces husband, Crawley, on a lumberyard farm. Lymon and Willie escaped, Crawley died from a shooting.