Question

Mrs. Gibbs stringing invisible beans is an example of _____. symbolism romanticism realism expressionism

Answer 1

It is an example of expressionism. The sentence is from Thornton Wilder's Our Town. The play is considered to be an art of expressionism. This example is not the only one from the play. Paper named Expressionism in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town gives a detailed information about the usage of expressionism in the play.

Answer 2

It is an example of expressionism.

Mrs. Gibbs is a character we learned as the only one in the play who expressed dreams of leaving her town. Her act of stringing invisible beans is an example of expressionism because she is more immersed in her dreams – in her internal reality – rather than the physical or external world that she is in.