Our Town

Charles Feidelson, Jr. once said, “Life is a series of little deaths out of which life always returns.” Life, love, and death, are the main themes in Our Town, a play written by Thornton Wilder. The play begins with the joy of life, conveys stories of love, and concludes with the sorrow of death. The Stage Manager walks on stage during Act II, and refers to a Midwestern poet, who wrote, “You’ve got to …

…want only the best for one another. At times, they may make a profit by selling things of great family or material value so that they can buy a present and obtain the satisfaction of giving their partner a gift. A man and a woman try to make their relationship work through self-sacrifice, when they feel they are meant for each other. Through every situation and relationship, it can be said the “Love conquers all.”