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Play Analysis: The Play Our Town By Thornton Wilder

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Past Times The drama “Our Town” written by Thornton Wilder is an eye-opening display for many. This play takes the audience on a stroll through a past time reenactment of everyday life. As simple as life was this day and age, the simplicity made some of the tasks harder to accomplish. As the characters move their way through the play their world starts evolving around them into a more modern system. Wilder combines aspects of the time period, setting, and theme to relay his message of the importance of life to the audience. “Our Town” was written in the time period of the 1900’s. Wilder actually wrote this piece in the year 1938. He is writing as the drama was set in his past time around 1901-1913. Life during this time was slow and simple.

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