The notes about The Piano Lesson in the Blackboard lesson folder are meant to instigate critical thinking about the play. After you look at the topic choices below, review those notes and questions about the text. Hopefully the questions and prompts below will give you some ideas of what to write about. You do not need to answer all the questions in the prompts below. They are only there to get you thinking about the topic choices.
1. Review the literary elements associated with drama. Analyze how one or a few of these elements contribute to an understanding of the play. Your thesis should make an assertion about what considering that element helps you understand.
2. Compare/Contrast the Hallmark film version and a stage version of the play.
