Film The Piano

Film The Piano

In the film "The Piano", it displays varieties of themes like love,

loyalty, betrayal and etc. Beneath each theme lie the values which

were shown throughout the film. It was about a woman who doesn't speak

since the age of six and her relationship with her daughter and her

piano. Because of her actions, it had affected some of the characters

in the film.

Love and loyalty was also shown in the film. Stewart loved Ada but

never did he know that Ada would actually be in loyal to him. He was

too angry that he chopped off Ada's finger. This scene was over

exaggerated. Though Ada was in the wrong for having an affair with

George, he should have confronted her instead of chopping off her

finger. By doing this, he was actually spoiling his relationship with

Ada and her daughter who actually saw the scene. It could also have a

great impact on her. Both of them were in the wrong. He did not really

care about her feelings and as a result Ada went to look for George

who was always there for her when she needed him. George showed more

affection towards Ada than Stewart had. There was one scene when Ada

touched Stewart. She might have thought him as George. But when

Stewart wanted to touch her, she resisted. She might be thinking that

she belonged to George now so she wanted to remain loyal to him. At

the same time, she also didn't want to hurt him. It was also because

of the piano that had brought Ada and George together. She might also

feel that George could sexually content her but not Stewart.

The themes honestly and betrayal were showed when Flora wanted to be

honest with her father but in another way she had accidentall...

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him angry and jealous. The theme jealousy wasn't very clear. It was

quick view and it didn't often appear. Most of the themes liked love

was shown naturally throughout the film. On the other hand, we could

miss out some of the points too. The actions of the story could show

that. But, the way Stewart had treated Ada did not show that he loved

her. If we had not watched the beginning, we might have doubt whether

they were husband and wife. Whenever they were together they seemed to

be like strangers, very shy with each other.

In conclusion, it was a nice movie filled with emotions, tragedy and

happiness though some of the values did not match the 19th century

ones. The values occurred quite naturally throughout the whole film.

The outline of the story was good. It made the audience anxious about

the ending.