The Piano I Introduction 1 Brief Summary of

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. n C. Her arranged marriage.

II. The piano (The voice): outline 1. Ada’s spokeswoman n 2. Intimate friend to Ada (鏡 頭 當 Ada不能搬走鋼琴時 在山崖眺望鋼琴) n 3. The representative of Ada n 4. A medium for Baines to fall in love with Ada. A. n – 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 n 2. Stewart’s desire n 3. Baines’ desire n

IV. The Identity of Flora What kind of role does Flora play? (There are three processes. ) n (1) She is the speaker of Ada. n (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. ) n

IV. The Identity of Flora (2) (3) She becomes Ada’s lecturer (as another Stewart) to blame on or punish Ada’s adultery. n 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. ) n

V. Conclusion: Freedom, Music, and Feminism 1. Escaping into freedom and out from freedom n 2. Releasing desire from music n 3. Compromising feminism with patriarchal society n