Our Town Essay
Our Town is a metatheatrical three-act play written by Thornton Wilder. Our Town is the story of the day-to-day lives of the residents of Grover's Corners. The story is broken up into three acts. Act one tells the daily life of the townsfolk. Act two, Love and Marriage, focuses mostly on Emily and George, and their marriage. I found the first two acts very bland and boring. In the third act, it was actually interesting because there was some real conflict with George. I also found it more interesting than the first two acts because the characters weren't showing much emotion or individuality. I liked the prop use in this show. There were no real handheld props, the actors just made do, and I liked that. Another element of the story that I
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The first act seemed very repetitive and hard to follow. Also, trying to follow with the book is odd, because you have to skip all of the stage directions. One theme in the book that pops up a few times is the passage of time. In the story, it is mentioned a couple times that the days feel very fast for the townsfolk. Since the scenes aren't all in chronological order, it shows that the narrator manipulates time by starting different scenes in different orders. Also, in the story, the narrator looks at his watch and realizes it's later than he thought. This shows that everyone in the story is negatively affected by the passing of time.
Another theme in the story is how artificial the theatre really is. In the story, the narrator is both a narrator speaking to the audience, and a character. Also, in the movie, the set isn't really a set. It is just different parts of the stage being lit up.
I thought it was interesting when Mr. Gibbs said “People are meant to go through life two by two. ’Tain’t natural to be lonesome.” I think this is interesting because it implies that in their town marriage is natural, and eradicates loneliness. I agree to this, but it just shows that they have a semi-traditional way of thinking, which there is nothing wrong
The first act seemed very repetitive and hard to follow. Also, trying to follow with the book is odd, because you have to skip all of the stage directions. One theme in the book that pops up a few times is the passage of time. In the story, it is mentioned a couple times that the days feel very fast for the townsfolk. Since the scenes aren't all in chronological order, it shows that the narrator manipulates time by starting different scenes in different orders. Also, in the story, the narrator looks at his watch and realizes it's later than he thought. This shows that everyone in the story is negatively affected by the passing of time.
Another theme in the story is how artificial the theatre really is. In the story, the narrator is both a narrator speaking to the audience, and a character. Also, in the movie, the set isn't really a set. It is just different parts of the stage being lit up.
I thought it was interesting when Mr. Gibbs said “People are meant to go through life two by two. ’Tain’t natural to be lonesome.” I think this is interesting because it implies that in their town marriage is natural, and eradicates loneliness. I agree to this, but it just shows that they have a semi-traditional way of thinking, which there is nothing wrong