Throughout the short story “The Tree” by Maria Luisa Bombal music is a reoccurring pattern in the narrator Brigida’s life. In the beginning Brigida is sitting in the concert hall contemplating all the events that led her to where she is. Through her father’s constant harsh demeaning words and the isolating neglect she later got from her husband, music was the soft guide that led her rough her life. She always felt connected to the music her emotions would merge with and bring her comfort. Her love for music started when she was a child “She knew so little about music! And it was not because she lacked an ear or the inclination” (10). Although it seems Brigida used music as a comfort it is actually the guide to the painful journey that ended
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When she was young she begged her father to get her piano lessons and she ends up not being good at it “she had never been able never, to learn the key of F” (10). It shows that even though she couldn’t master the art of playing the piano her love for music never changes. As Brigida grows she continues to use music during their marriage Luis stopped giving her attention and she goes to music to get away. As Brigida starts to slip away into comforting fantasy she hears music “No sooner had she entered her boudoir than the sadness vanished as if by an enchantment. Wave’s crash, clashing far away, murmuring like a sea of leaves. Beethoven?”(10). As Brigida started to get away from her feeling and let go of how she is feeling the music sets …show more content…
Brigida was convinced at a young age that she was stupid and not worth any ones time. Her father expresses this “My poor Carmen! How she would have suffered with such a daughter! The creature is retarded” (10). She was treated as if she was stupid and unimportant and she grew up with that image of herself. The music makes her open up her eyes to the truth and shows her who she is. It forces her to see the truth “Mozart takes her nervously by the hand…compelling her to retrace her steps” (10). Music shows her the memories and she finds who she is in
When she was young she begged her father to get her piano lessons and she ends up not being good at it “she had never been able never, to learn the key of F” (10). It shows that even though she couldn’t master the art of playing the piano her love for music never changes. As Brigida grows she continues to use music during their marriage Luis stopped giving her attention and she goes to music to get away. As Brigida starts to slip away into comforting fantasy she hears music “No sooner had she entered her boudoir than the sadness vanished as if by an enchantment. Wave’s crash, clashing far away, murmuring like a sea of leaves. Beethoven?”(10). As Brigida started to get away from her feeling and let go of how she is feeling the music sets …show more content…
Brigida was convinced at a young age that she was stupid and not worth any ones time. Her father expresses this “My poor Carmen! How she would have suffered with such a daughter! The creature is retarded” (10). She was treated as if she was stupid and unimportant and she grew up with that image of herself. The music makes her open up her eyes to the truth and shows her who she is. It forces her to see the truth “Mozart takes her nervously by the hand…compelling her to retrace her steps” (10). Music shows her the memories and she finds who she is in