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Ophelia was Robert Sutter’s wife, for whom the piano was a gift. She later pined for the slaves (Mama Berniece and Papa Boy Charles) whom Robert traded in exchange for the piano, so Papa Boy Willie carved images of his wife and son onto the piano for her—and him—to remember them by.
Ophelia Sutter Quotes in The Piano Lesson
The The Piano Lesson quotes below are all either spoken by Ophelia Sutter or refer to Ophelia Sutter. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1
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BOY WILLIE: Sutter’s brother selling the land. He say he gonna sell it to me. That’s why I come up here. I got one part of it. Sell them watermelons and get me another part. Get Berniece to sell that piano and I’ll have the third part.
DOAKER: Berniece ain’t gonna sell that piano.
BOY WILLIE: I’m gonna talk to her. When she see I got a chance to get Sutter’s land she’ll come around.
DOAKER: You can put that thought out your mind. Berniece ain’t gonna sell that piano.
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Ophelia Sutter Quotes in The Piano Lesson
The The Piano Lesson quotes below are all either spoken by Ophelia Sutter or refer to Ophelia Sutter. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1, Scene 1
Quotes
BOY WILLIE: Sutter’s brother selling the land. He say he gonna sell it to me. That’s why I come up here. I got one part of it. Sell them watermelons and get me another part. Get Berniece to sell that piano and I’ll have the third part.
DOAKER: Berniece ain’t gonna sell that piano.
BOY WILLIE: I’m gonna talk to her. When she see I got a chance to get Sutter’s land she’ll come around.
DOAKER: You can put that thought out your mind. Berniece ain’t gonna sell that piano.
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