The Piano

Ada and Baines relationship was very complicated from the beginning. She goes to Baines for help, but he turns her down at first. He finally agrees to help her and he takes her to the piano. It’s there that he realizes that he likes her and also likes hearing her play the piano. Baines makes a deal with Ada’s husband that if Alisdair gives him the piano and lessons from Ada that he would give him some of his land. So Alidair agrees and the lessons with Ada and Baines soon begin. At first the lessons are innocent and nothing really goes on, but quicker than you know it, they become something more. Baines wants to see Ada and he wants to touch her.  He makes another deal with her that if she comes to his place and does as he says, then he will giver her the piano back, but she has to come one day for each black key on the piano. She agrees with the deal. You can tell that she soon doesn’t care about getting the piano back, she’s just doing it because she wants to do it.

Although Baines is rough at times, I don’t think anything they did was rape. Ada agreed to everything and when Baines was asking too much from her, she would say that it would cost him more than one key. Baines didn’t hesitate and would agree right away. I would say that he was blackmailing her though, but she could have walked away even if it meant leaving her piano behind. If she would have said no in the beginning then none of this would have happened, but Baines ends up showing her love and compassion, which is what she was looking for and what she needed. I don’t think there was any rape involved because Ada had some control over the situation, but she chose to stay.