Rachel Taskale 6/2/15 Honors English Our Town Essay In today’s society, people focus on the future and what is to become of them rather than enjoying present. They don’t stop or take time in their day to focus on that moment in the day. In the play, Our Town, by Thornton Wilder, Emily realizes what she was missing when still alive. When she was alive, she took time for granted and now sees how the other people in the town don’t realize what they should be appreciating. Since she is unable to
“Choose the least important day in your life. It will be important enough.” (Thornton Wilder, Our Town). “Our Town” is a play that was wrote in the 20st century and its by Thornton Wilder. “Our Town is still relevant to this day because this book has the same meanings that we are taught to this day. This play can be related to any person that reads it because it has the same events that happened when we are young and older. The story has very few props and it repeats a few songs throughout this play
As an author, Thornton Wilder is known for his unique and creative style of play writing. In contrast to the modern plays of his day, the dramatist revealed many new concepts in the world of play writing that influenced literature forever. One of the ways Wilder expressed his new found idea was in Our Town with the Stage Manager. As a writer Thornton Wilder demonstrated his most known idea in Our Town, the Stage Manager. The Stage Manager is normally a reserved and collected character, which enjoys
Although the play, “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder is not a Greek tragedy, it still adheres to these rules of drama. The majority of modern dramas no longer view these principles as a guideline for writing. Nonetheless, throughout Thornton Wilder’s, “Our Town,” the unities of action, place, and time can be observed. A play should be written so that it follows one main action, with few or no subplots. This is the first Aristotelian unity of action. In the play, “Our Town,” the only plot presented
dreams are dreams that were put off and never really achieved. These dreams could be as small as wanting to order soup instead of salad, or as big as not pursuing what you want, and hating your life because of it. Mrs. Gibbs in the play ‘Our Town’ by Thornton Wilder has a dream deferred, that she calls the dream of her life. Mrs. Gibbs’ dream is to have her husband, Dr. Gibbs, go on vacation and relax from his high stress job. Mrs. Gibbs talks to her friend Mrs. Webb and brought up her dream, “Well
The final examples which demonstrate the theme of Our Town displays itself during Emily’s funeral. The first of these examples appears when Emily’s ghost attempts to revisit a past day her in life. At first Emily wishes to go to one of the greater days in her life, but to that Mrs. Gibbs exclaims “No! -- At least, choose an unimportant day. Choose the least important day in your life. It will be enough” (92). She clearly states that the unimportant days will be enough. This demonstrates the theme
Wilder uses a small old town in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire and goes on talking about the people and what jobs they do around the town, just as an everyday basis. The way that Wilder wants people to see the drama is that he want people to realize that some people just take life one day at a time and don’t try to worry about days in the future they just worry about the day they have right in front of them. Wilder shows how the characters play a part of the
Change affects people in many ways. Three stories that have examples of this are, Simplexity by Jeffrey Kulger, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, and Frostfire by Amanda Hocking. Change could be a good or bad thing but normally its negative followed by a negative reaction from others. The first story is Simplexity. People react to emergencies very differently but the outcome is normally the same. In the text, Kluger, talks about the attacks during 9/11. The text states that, “the people who stayed behind
What is more precious, eating a meal with family or going to an amusement park, attending a small group gathering or attending a wedding? In the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder, the Stage Manager talks about everyday matters and major events that happen in the small town of Grover’s Corners. The Stage Manager asserts that everyday life is more valuable than the major events that everyone remembers or the ones that have tangible evidence. Day-to-day matters are more valuable than the notable times
Life is truly temporary and short and each and every single moment should be appreciated because there is only one chance to live each moment in life; this is the message that Thornton Wilder presents in his book Our Town. In the story of Our Town, most of the characters live robotically without taking time to appreciate any of their fleeting moments in life. In real life, people are also living very systematically; people usually follow a very strict schedule everyday. This prevents many people