The Piano.ppt

The Piano I. Introduction 1.? Brief Summary of “The Piano” 2.? Social Background--Victorian Age A.? Social Restrains (1) Clothes--black, (2) Hoop of skirt (3) Angel’s wings I. Introduction (2) B.?? Patriarchal Society (1)?? Property (2)?? Sexuality 3.? The Main Protagonist: Ada A.???? She is a mute. B.???? She is single but has a daughter. C.???? Her arranged marriage. II. The piano (The voice): outline 1.????????? Ada’s spokeswoman 2.????????? Intimate friend to Ada (鏡頭當Ada不能搬走鋼琴時 在山崖眺望鋼琴) 3.?????The representative of Ada 4.???A medium for Baines to fall in love with AdaA.???????? A bargain for 80 acres (當班斯以80畝地跟史都華換取鋼琴) B.???????? A bargain for the teaching class (當Ada去班斯家看琴時那幕) 2.? 6. ???????? The heart voice III. The Desire 1. The boundary between love and desire 2. Stewart’s desire 3. Baines’ desire IV. The Identity of Flora What kind of role does Flora play? (There are three processes.) (1) She is the speaker of Ada. (2) She is educated and taught to be a “woman”(non-phallic woman). She starts to admit the power of men. (showing the clip: Flora is forbidden by Stewart playing a game which looks like a behavior of sexual intercourse.) IV. The Identity of Flora (2) (3) She becomes Ada’s lecturer (as another Stewart) to blame on or punish Ada’s adultery. 2. The angel’s wings on the back of Flora represent culture, social values and thinking on women. (showing the clip: * Flora sends the key of the piano to Stewart with the words of Ada’s love to Bains. *Flora sends Ada’s finger to Bains.) V. Conclusion: Freedom, Music, and Feminism 1. Escaping into freedom and out from freedom 2. Releasing desire from music 3. Compromising feminism with patriarchal society * * *