The Characters Of "Our Town"

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that the play is highly thought provoking but we must remember that it is the characters that take the play forward and not exactly the plot itself. A woman goes through various stages of life and it is only after her death that she realizes how she had underestimated the true worth of this life. In few beautiful lines, Emily reminds us how blessed we really are: "Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking ... and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths ... and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you." (P.93 Lines 4) Emily has been used to accentuate the forces of life and death. It is through her that we are able to set one force apart from the other and recognize the worth of both. It is with the help of Emily that we come to realize how blindly people walk through life, never becoming aware of their uniqueness as healthy and alive forces. Our ...

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