Thornton Wilder

“The town hall and post office combined; jail’s in the basement” (Wilder 4). The younger men have the jobs of delivering the milk and newspapers in the morning. “Joe Juniors getting up so as to deliver the paper” (Wilder 6). In Our Town there is Irony among the fact that the Joe Crowell graduated from the head of his high school class and his college class, then went and died in the war. Throughout the story, the author Thornton Wilder uses mood and tone to really help describe and explain what the

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).

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. Between the ages of 29 and 30, Wilder spent a year studying archaeology

play, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, is very commonly remade in theaters. The theme of the play creates a background that most people can relate to. This script is about a small town, life, love, and the final act, death. Above all else, Wilder’s main goal was to bring value to the “smallest events in our daily life” which he successfully does throughout the story. During Act Two, the audience is shown Emily Webb and George Gibbs getting married. Before this occurs, Wilder brings to the reader's

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

take some features of life for granted. Thornton Wilder, a prominent play writer, demonstrates this belief in his 1938 play, Our Town. Our Town shows the life of the Webb and Gibbs family, mainly presenting the bittersweet marriage of Emily Webbs and George Gibbs. Their marriage is happy, however, it is short-lived when Emily abruptly dies during her second childbirth. In death, Emily promptly realizes that every moment of life should be cherished. Thornton Wilder’s reasoning for his criticisms about

explaining the years going by, and how the advance of time effects many characters. I agree that no one truly appreciates something until it is already gone, similar to how Wilder ponders about the advancement of time. Thornton Wilder expresses many ways of time taking its toll on many of the characters in the play. Wilder shows in his play that time moves with or without you and the characters in Our Town got a taste of the time keeper’s medicine. In the third act of Our Town, Simon Stimson, Mrs

Our Town by Thornton Wilder is unusual and unique. The play begins in the town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. The reader is introduced to two neighboring families: the Webbs and Gibbs. The Stage Manager comes across as a sort of narrator and aquaintes the reader with the name of the play and its author. The plot’s structure makes this play different than that of most any other drama. The attributes and special qualities of the Stage Manager, the lack of unity of time and place, and the title

experiences are almost perfectly captured by the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Written in 1938, the play depicts small town life not in some grandiose way, but the daily lives of a few characters. To really understand the way these character’s stories still resonate with the reader we are going to look at one character, The Stage Manager. The Stage Manager is less of a character and more of a guide. He leads us through the world Wilder created and tells us the ins and outs of the Grover's Corners

In the play, Our Town written by Thornton Wilder there are many aspects of life discussed. There are several aspects of the life discussed that are pleasant such as love and marriage, but there are also some less pleasant life aspects such as death and suffering. Although the play has several positive points and aspects of the life of the people in the town, it mostly gives a negative message to the reader of the play. The first two acts of the play are about daily life and love and marriage. Therefore