Our Town - An Essay On Theme Of The Play :: essays research papers

The theme of the play has to do with the way that life story is an endless cycle. Youre born, you book some happy times, you have some bad times, and then you die. As the years pass by, everything seems to change. But all in all there is diminished change. The sun evermore rises in the early morning, and sets in the evening. The seasons always rotate like they always have. The birds are always chirping. And there is always somebody that has life a little bit worse than your own.In act one when the stage manager pulls Mr. Webb out of the play to talk with him on page 528, the dame in the box asks "Oh Mr. Webb? Mr. Webb is there any culture or love of beauty in Grovers Corners?". Mr. Webb her, there isnt much culture the way she might think, provided "... weve got a lot of pleasures of a kind here We like the sun comin up over the mountain in the morning, and we all notice a hefty deal about the birds. We pay a lot of attention to them. And we watch the change of th e seasons..." These are the things that the people of Grovers Corners appreciate, the things we take for granted.Also in act one, after(prenominal) the choir rehearsal on page 532, Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs are gossiping about the town drunk. Dr. Gibbs says "I guess I know more about Simon Stimsons personal matters than anybody in this town. Some people aint made for small-town life. I dont know how thatll end but theres nada we can do but leave it alone." This shows that there is always someone that has things worse than you do.At the very beginning of act two when the stage manager tells that three years have foregone by, but nothing has really changed, and the cycle continues. In act three at the beginning on page 547, the stage manager tells that nine years have gone by. "Gradual changes in Grovers Corners." He then tells how horses are being replaced by Fords, and that people lock their doors now at night. Then he says, "Youd be surprised, thoughon the whol e, things dont change much around here." Again this indicates the endless cycle.My idea of the theme of the play doesnt differ all that much from Wilders theme. My idea of the theme plainly adds to Wilders theme.