English II 31/10/11 Our Town by: Thornton Wilder Our Town by Thornton Wilder first takes place a town called Grove’s Corners in New Hampshire on May 7th 1901. Act II takes place on July 7th 1904 with a flashback. And Act III takes place in the summer of 1913 with a flashback to 1899. The rising action is the first romantic conversation between George and Emily and the couple’s wedding. The basis of this story is about a group of people that live in a fairly small town and they take life for
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Our Town “Our Town”‚ by Thorton Wilder tells a story about life and the people of Grover’s Corners‚ New Hampshire. The choice of Grover’s Corners is meant to typify every small town or community in America. Grover’s Corner is Anytown ‚ U.S.A. It is a simple place and this reflected in the physical setting of the play. Basically‚ Our Town is about Grover’s Corners and its people‚ particularly the Gibbs and Webb families. It takes the audience through the stages of life‚ in a simple way
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Ryan Merinyo Theatre: Our Town Professor Waalic 6/10/13 “Our Town” Describe: “Outline the plot of this play with regards to Exposition‚ Complication‚ Denouement‚ Discovery‚ Reversal‚ Protagonist and Antagonist.” With regards to the play‚ Thornton Wilder elaborately creates a complex theatric story about a fictional town in New Hampshire called Grover’s Town in May 7‚ 1901. The theatric play opens with a stage manager who spends a great deal of time introducing town by describing the setting
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every day‚ for life is a fleeting thing. With troubles rapidly expanding in Europe and war becoming a looming reality‚ people were inundated with the negative aspects of life. To see Our Town was to escape from the negative and rejoice in the ordinary; it reaffirmed faith in the unchanging moral values of small town living. It was obviously the balm that audiences needed in the midst of a pessimistic and changing world. Through his play‚ Wilder tries to teach the audience to seize the moment and
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In the play "Our Town"‚ by Thornton Wilder‚ a character by the name of Simon Stimson makes a very insightful statement about people and their lives. Simon is dead and buried‚ as well as several of the play’s other characters‚ when a newly-dead young woman named Emily joins their ranks and begins to realize the triviality and ignorance of her existence‚ as well as that of every living person. The dead are discussing this insignificance and unawareness of the living when Simon comments with disgust
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each of our minds once in a while‚ through his play‚ Our Town. In Our Town‚ he exemplified his view of life and what it truly means by not only reflecting upon life‚ but also‚ death. Through death‚ we learn what life really is‚ and what life has to offer us. It is not the grand and fine things in life‚ but the minor everyday things in life that truly make life worth living. When speaking of Our Town he said‚ “It is an attempt to find value above all price‚ for the smallest events in our daily life
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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
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The play “Our Town” explores the lives of people (primarily two families) living in a small and quiet American town in the 1900’s. In the first act entitled “Daily life”‚ the narrator did a good job of guiding the audience’s imagination to set up the ideas of a town in the early 1900’s. The lighting and sound cues made that very successful. The lighting was on cue and was very good at setting the scenes (i.e. brighter for morning sunrise). Realistic sets and props were minimal but‚ the performers
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resources that I picked for my final journal are ‘Not In Our Town’ and the CNN article about Officer Elsokary in New York City. The reason why I picked “Not In Our Town” is because this article shows that people are sometimes really mean‚ rude and obnoxious‚ but it also shows that people are sometimes nice‚ caring‚ kind and supportive. The attacks and this story took place in Billings‚ Montana. The attacks were against people in the town who were Jewish. The reason why I picked the CNN article is
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Donta’ Broussard 1393380 THEA 1331 "Our Town" Described by Edward Albee as "......the greatest American play ever written."Our Town explores traditional American values of community‚ religion‚ family‚ and the simple leisures while adding an unusual set‚ a Stage Manager who narrates and controls the action. Our Town addresses themes as mortality‚ the human condition‚ and the value of everyday life. In Our Town‚ the main role belongs to the Stage Manager‚ who jokes with the audience‚ narrates
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