Althoughcan be shown to have a lot more than just "two central ideas," that's
a good place to start. First, not to sound so much like Disney's The Lion King, but probably
the main (and most important theme) in Our Town is "the circle of life." This life
circle is universal and is experienced by everyone. Even though it sounds like such a simple
concept, it actually has many layers. Our Town is a brilliant play to discuss these layers of
the life cycle of humans.
The setting is the very first real example.
Wilder purposefully makes an incredibly plain set with no real props or details. Why does
Wilder do this? In this way, the watcher (or the reader) can place himself/herself into that
general setting of Grover's Corners. [It's the same reason why Meyers made the character of
Bella in Twilight have very little real personality. Meyers wanted all females to fit in that
character in order to fall in love with the hero: Edward.] Further, the play is called
"Our...
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