Our Town
The Life of Love and Choices
I. Thesis Statement
In Our Town, the play emphasizes quantities of life, which leads to appreciating everyday occurrences we go through.
II. Overview
1. The name of the play is called, Our Town
2. The author is Thornton Wilder
3. SFSU Department of Theatre Arts
4. Little Theatre
5. Watched the play on March 17th, at 2:00pm
6. Ticket price cost $12.00, purchased through online website
7. Sat in Row D, Seat 2. Front right section of theatre
8. Shared experience with a classmate, both agreed it was a great play that involved the quality of life.
III. Plot
The play, Our Town, is defined as a "playwright", which involved physical action and representing the externals of human behavior. The play in general contains little action in order to support the theme of the play, which is narrated by the, Stage Manager. The inciting incident in the play is when George Gibbs falls in love with Emily Webb and then get married. The major conflicts of the play consists of those living in Grover's Corner and not appreciating life. Another conflict is when Emily dies, she wants to return to her previous life, and ignoring the consequences given by the dead. Our Town's climactic incident would be Emily's death after childbirth and joining her relatives/friends in the cemetery, she then relives her original life and realizes how precious life is and cannot take it for granted. ( Act III). The denouement of the play is when Emily realizes that the dead were right about the living. She begs to come back to the gravesite after experiencing the living is quite depressing.
IV. Theme
The meaning of the play is to cherish every moment we have on earth, not taking life for granted because we are not granted a second chance in life.
V. Characters
The protagonist is the small group of people who live in Grover's Corner that take life for granted, but are also their own antagonist, casually going about life and not appreciating the small things life offers. The
I. Thesis Statement
In Our Town, the play emphasizes quantities of life, which leads to appreciating everyday occurrences we go through.
II. Overview
1. The name of the play is called, Our Town
2. The author is Thornton Wilder
3. SFSU Department of Theatre Arts
4. Little Theatre
5. Watched the play on March 17th, at 2:00pm
6. Ticket price cost $12.00, purchased through online website
7. Sat in Row D, Seat 2. Front right section of theatre
8. Shared experience with a classmate, both agreed it was a great play that involved the quality of life.
III. Plot
The play, Our Town, is defined as a "playwright", which involved physical action and representing the externals of human behavior. The play in general contains little action in order to support the theme of the play, which is narrated by the, Stage Manager. The inciting incident in the play is when George Gibbs falls in love with Emily Webb and then get married. The major conflicts of the play consists of those living in Grover's Corner and not appreciating life. Another conflict is when Emily dies, she wants to return to her previous life, and ignoring the consequences given by the dead. Our Town's climactic incident would be Emily's death after childbirth and joining her relatives/friends in the cemetery, she then relives her original life and realizes how precious life is and cannot take it for granted. ( Act III). The denouement of the play is when Emily realizes that the dead were right about the living. She begs to come back to the gravesite after experiencing the living is quite depressing.
IV. Theme
The meaning of the play is to cherish every moment we have on earth, not taking life for granted because we are not granted a second chance in life.
V. Characters
The protagonist is the small group of people who live in Grover's Corner that take life for granted, but are also their own antagonist, casually going about life and not appreciating the small things life offers. The
Cited: Cohen, Robert. Theatre: Brief Version. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2011. Paperback. "Thornton Wilder 's Our Town." Creative State Paybill 17 March 2013: Pg. 30-34. "Print."