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are ghosts unnatural or fantasy?
I am trying to think of a theme for the play The Piano Lesson and we have a list to chose from
reality vs. fantasy
natural vs. unnatural
individual vs. people (environment)
fate vs. freewill
needs vs. desires
gains vs. loss
ignorance vs. knowledge
I dont know if anyone has read the book but i was thinking of using either reality vs. fantasy or natural vs. unnatural for the ghosts. Which one do you think is better? or if you dont think either will work than which one should i use? the essay only has to be one page if that helps
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Meh, did your teacher offer that list? It's a lousy one.
The play isn't about real vs fantasy, or the natural vs unnatural... it's about how to honor memories. Do you do it through the silent reverence to objects imbued with deep symbolism, or can you keep the stories and move forward without the object. The brother and sister both want to honor the past. They just completely disagree about how to do that.
If I had to pick one though, I'd go for 'natural vs unnatural'. I don't agree that it's merely a matter of opinion. Unnatural simply refers to that which is not scientifically verifiable or measurable. That which is not of the natural world, is just that which we cannot perceive by natural means. From that perspective, the sister is valuing the unnatural, things that can't be measured, things she wont even share with others, and her brother is valuing the natural, progress and the telling of real life stories.
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Well, I don't personally see how either could really work, because the idea of ghosts being either fantasy or unnatural is a matter of opinion.
I mean, if you ask someone who has seen a ghost for real, they wouldn't think they were having a moment of fantasy, yet it wouldn't be considered unnatural, either.
I'd say if any of these categories would fit, it would be maybe individual vs. people, in the manner of belief in ghosts.
Then again, I've never read this book you mention, so I could be seeing this from the completely wrong perspective.
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