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Thornton Wilders play, Our Town, has a bad reputation of being a long, uneventful tragedy. ... The lack of any scenery and the unusual structure tend to cause a widespread distaste for Our Town, especially with high school students. ... However Thornton Wilder uses this dry, nostalgic old fashion town as the backdrop for his message of great importance. Wilder wrote Our Town to serve as a reminder of how precious life is.
Our Town is presented in three acts. ... Act one, entitled "Daily life", shows the audience what the town looks like. As the stage manager lays the town out on the stage Grovers Corners begins to develop substance. The stage manager slips in stories from the past, involving significant events in the town. ... " This emphasis on partnership plays an important role in Our Town, especially in act 2. ... As she looks back at her family and the town she grew up in, she starts to realize how wonderful and beautiful life was. ... In act 1, just before he introduces the audience to the town, he gets caught up in a morning star. ... As a town people tend to carry on with life, trying to avoid any "distractions" if you will. ... The audience sees a town lose a beautiful soul and then carry on with life, just as if nothing happened. ... They arent the protagonist, but the town is. ... Our Town isnt a long, uneventful tragedy.
Approximate Word count = 1334
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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