The Repercussions of Traumatic Experiences in August Wilson's ‘’The Piano Lesson’’
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Social behavior; trauma ; theory of mind ; racismAbstract
August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, which premiered in 1987, tells the story of an African-American family that relocates from the South to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The grandparents, who had worked as slaves on a plantation in the South, are acquired in exchange for a piano. The family went through numerous generations of shock and trauma as a result of reclaiming the piano. Within the context of this investigation, the Literary Trauma Theory acts as a kind of microscope to magnify the play. The findings of this study demonstrate how traumatic experiences may can impact a person's capacity to grasp the views of other people, sometimes known as their "theory of mind" (TOM), and how this is related to psychotic experiences.
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