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    Our Town is Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play. The play is based on urban life in the early twentieth century. It is set in the small fictional town known as Grover’s Corners, in New Hampshire. One of the main themes that are effectively explored in Thornton Wilder’s play is humanism. This paper defines humanism and describes some humanism actions from the play. The term humanism refers to any mode or system of thought in which human dignity, welfare, values and interests predominate (Katie, 2013).

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    absorbed by themselves to appreciate everyone and everything around them. Thornton Wilder, the author of Our Town addresses key life lessons in act three of the play. The life lessons are to enjoy the small things and to not take life for granted. Sherwood Anderson the author of Winesburg, Ohio also addresses life lessons in his book. The most important lesson is to be open minded. The two texts, Our Town and Winesburg, Ohio state the points that as humans we need

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    Our Town Act 2 Analysis

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    One lesson a modern day reader can take from Our Town is to appreciate life as it passes by. In the beginning, Our Town may seem like a simple, boring play until you realize what it is building to in Act III. Throughout Acts I and II, we see the characters going about their daily lives, young and with much vitality. Then, in Act III, nine years have passed and many of the characters who had just seemed so full of life are dead. Emily Webb has just passed and wishes to go back and relive her life

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    Our Town Movie Vs Play

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    The movie Our Town was a 1938 American three-act play directed by Thornton Wilder. The movie tells the story about a fictional American town known as Grover’s Corners between 1901 and 1913. Throughout the mover, the director uses meta-theatrical tools to set the play in the theatres where such play was being conducted. The main character in this film is the stage manager who addresses the audience directly. The stage manager also brings in guest lecturers into the play by fielding questions from

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    “You must learn to lose child.” In Our Town and Sounder there are a lot of differences between the characters but there is also a lot of similarities between them too. For example the quote which is the title is said by the boy’s mother in the novel Sounder. Characters like Emily, George and the boy. Emily and George are from the book Our Town by Thornton Wilder. The boy is from the book Sounder by William H. Armstrong. They are all similar in all sorts of ways like being strong enough to let go

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    Thornton Wilder’s Our Town usually shows moments where the audience is connected to the cosmos and then back to earth. Due to Wilder’s history it is not surprising that he wants to connect to the cosmos. Throughout Wilder’s play time becomes something people lose track of, including the Stage Manager. Wilder goes into detail about how easy it is to take the time someone has on the planet for granted. The characters who are deceased talk about how the living don’t pay attention to their lives during

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    Every decision made in a scene of a play is taken to highlight a certain aspect the audience is supposed to see. The wedding scene in Act II of Our Town, by Thornton Wilder, is a significant scene for the audience to see because this wedding emphasizes one of the main themes in the play, how everything is ordinary, yet extraordinary. This scene portrays its genericity by having the audience watch two highschool sweethearts wed, the bride and groom get cold feet, the parents becoming emotional and

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    of life that every young couple embarking on a life together will experience. This repetition of falling in love, marrying, and begging a new family is timeless and universal, existing from ancient times to the twenty first century. In Act Two of Our Town, the stage manager reminds the audience that love is universal, specifically referencing the budding relationship between Emily and George. The stage manager asks the audience, “I want you to try and remember what

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    When plays are written, the author’s life heavily influences the play’s writing style, plot, and theme. Thornton Wilder is an author whose life impacts his play, Our Town. This play tells the story of the fictional town, Grover’s Corners, over the years. Due to his travels and experiences, Thornton Wilder realizes that all communities are essentially the same. This view is present in his play. One of the factors that contribute to Thornton Wilder’s perspective is his experience as an archaeologist

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    Our Town by Thornton Wilder overviews the small details of Grover’s Corners, following the daily life of the Gibb’s and Webb’s family, specifically the teenagers George and Emily, during the turn of the century. He describes the play as, “an attempt to find value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life,” which shows its purpose is to show the audience to appreciate the little things in life. Wilder’s Our Town is successful in its attempt to show the audience the pricelessness of

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