Psychological Disorders In The Film The Piano

“The Piano,” directed by James Campion, talked about a woman name Ada McGrath, who was a mute since she was six years old. Her daughter and herself were sent to New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner. However, she soon fell in love with a local worker on the planation and his name was George. Within the psychological disorder, from the moment I watched the film, it talked about how Ada, who has a disability with speech impairment. By expressing to others she plays on her piano that she brought with her to New Zealand. Ada seemed to have a cultural formulation psychological disorder, since she was in an arranged marriage and moved to a different country along with her daughter Flora. She became depressed since her newly husband did not allow her to bring her piano to their new home and when he gave her piano to George. George, who was local worker asked Alisdair, …show more content…
It provided emotional impacts that lead to another. Ada was a mute, and she would use the sound of piano to express her emotions; for example, her love after spending many days with George. Listening to piano sounds can bring out peoples’ emotions like in the film. For myself, I enjoy watching the film and I love the sound of the piano, music brings people together even if sometimes it might causes problem with current circulations. To help clients who are speech impairment, they should provide something that they are good with to express their feeling. For instance, playing on the piano can help some patients with dealing with their stress for trying to learn how to speak again. By providing materials that they feel comfortable with, will help them feel successful and be able to learn how to improve their speaking ability. Without having their comfortable zone, it might be difficult for them since they might become stressed and feel overwhelm with information to learn and might not improve their speaking