Question

Answer each of the following questions that we discussed as part of our Socratic Seminar.

Each answer should be a paragraph in length.
1. How does Wilder's unconventional style impact the way audiences or readers understand
the community of Grover's Corners?
2. Consider Putnam's argument in Bowling Alone and the description of Grover's Corners in
Our Town. Does this type of town still exist? Why or why not?
Posted Mon Nov 7, 2022 at 12:20 pm

Answer 1

Morning scenes are prominent in each of the play's three acts: Act I depicts the ordinary morning activities of the townspeople, Act II portrays the Gibbs and Webb families on the morning of Emily and George's wedding, and Act III includes Emily's return to the morning of her twelfth birthday.

Professor Willard describes Grover's Corners scientifically: Emily and George are of "brachycephalic" stock; the New Hampshire countryside rests upon "a shelf of Devonian basalt." A) What is the effect of this information on the audience? B) How does it contribute to what appears to be the playwright's purpose?

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