The Piano Lesson

In The Piano Lesson I felt the characters in the play and the way he built up each character put a lot of strength into the play. Unlike the last few plays we have read this play develops the characters in a way were a personal connection is felt towards each character. An example of this is how throughout the work sympathy is felt towards Berniece and no sympathy is felt towards Boy Willie. By Wilson developing the motives of each character carefully he is able to engage the reader further in the story with the personal connection given to each character. Another thing I liked about this work was how Wilson used the past of each character to give rise to the action of the play. At the beginning of the play the character's past were all hinted at, besides Doaker and Maretha, but there was gaps left in the character's past. Gradually these gaps were filled which helped build the suspense in the story and also it kept the reader guessing on the characteristics of each character.