The Piano Lesson The Piano Lesson by August Wilson group rates
for schools and districts  The Piano Lesson Theme of The
Supernatural  The Piano Lesson is in many ways a straight-up
ghost story. The Charles family is being haunted by the ghost of
Sutter, whose family once owned theirs. Of course, the Charles
family has a few ghosts on their side as well. First, there are
the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog, who may well have killed Sutter in
the first place. At the play's climax, the Ghosts of Yellow Dog
return and, with the help of the spirits of the Charles family's
ancestors, give Sutter's ghost the boot. All these literal
ghosts haunting the play also have a symbolic meaning. The
battle that happens between the ghost of Sutter and the African-
American ghosts seems to represent the struggle for racial
equality that blacks faced in the time of slavery and today.
Questions About The Supernatural    1. List all the different
ghosts haunting The Piano Lesson.   2. In what ways do the
characters speak to the dead thro