symbolism in piano lesson

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English

 

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Heather M

 

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March 3, 2013

 

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Wilson uses the both the 137-year-old piano, and the conflict in which it creates, to symbolize the connection to the past. The significance of the piano's symbolism originated when it was exchanged as an anniversary present for Miss Ophelia, a white slave owner's wife, purchased in exchange for Doaker's grandmother and his father...
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At first, Miss Ophelia loved the piano, however she eventually came to miss her slaves. Sutter asked Doaker's grandfather, Willie Boy, to carve his wife and child into the piano. Willie Boy did carve the two slaves as requested, but also but included other images of the family history. As Doaker notes, "Now she had her piano and her niggers too...
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