The Piano Lesson Journal 5

One thing that I thought was very strange in this section of the play was the ghosts in general. First of all Doaker sees the ghost yet doesn't say anything. This would lead me to believe that if he had said something that the other characters would have believed him whole heartily which develops the culture or attitude of the characters towards ghosts. Building on this I found it very interesting that at first the author says that Berniece see's I ghost I myself and characters in the book questioned it. However, once Doaker said it I believed it as did the characters. The author set this up perfectly and I wonder if this isn't trying to take on sexism. I came to the conclusion based on the fact that this is only years after slavery ended where suffrage and civil rights were beginning to gain momentum.

Austin Schrader said...

Yea, I think the suit is going to play an important role or maybe it just symbolizes something else such as manipulation. And on the sexual humor I thought it not only changed the tone like you said but also developed their characters as less educated.