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AssignmentO Go through this Power Point
PresentationO Compose two questions you have
regarding:O The PlayO The PlaywrightO The Plot Diagram O The video or article
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Our TownBy: Thornton Wilder
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GoalOLearn about the play Our Town
O Acts and charactersOLearn about the plot diagram
O Each step or part of diagram
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Quick BackgroundOWritten in 1938OMinimal propsOSetting: Grovers
Corner, NHOPlay:
O Act 1: May 7, 1901O Act 2: July 7, 1904O Act 3: summer
1913http://www.theatrealberta.com/eNews/2008/January.html
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CharactersOStage ManagerOGeorge GibbsOEmily WebbODr. Gibbs and Mrs.
GibbsOMr. Webb and Mrs.
WebbOMrs. Soames
OSimon StimsonORebecca GibbsOWally WebOHowie NewsomeO Joe Crowell, JrO Joe Stoddard
* Anything bolded means they are a main character
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Stage ManagerO“omniscient
narrator”OTells the storyO Interacts with
charactersO Interacts with the
audienceOPlays other small
roles in the playPhoto by: E. Anastasio
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Emily WebbOWally’s older sisterOSmart (in school)OMarries George
GibbsODies during
childbirthOGives the play
meaning
Photo by: E.Anastasio
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George GibbsOStar of the
baseball teamOPresident of the
senior classOWants to attend
State Agricultural School
OMarries Emily Webb
Photo by: E. Anastasio
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Plot Diagram
http://waxebb.com/writings/plotting.html
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Exposition -Author giving
information about the plot
-Stage Manager introducing the play
http://www.thefreewallpapers.com/lake-in-bottom-of-mountain/
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Rising Action
- Building up to the climax/ main point in the story- -George and Emily’s wedding
- -Depiction of lifehttp://www.visualphotos.com/image/2x4528114/group_of_friends_hiking_up_hill
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Climax-Biggest point in a piece of literature
-Act 3-After Emily has
diedhttp://chihealthblog.blogspot.com/
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Falling Action
-Trying to resolve what has happened
at the climax-Emily goes back to
the cemetaryhttp://www.visualphotos.com/image/2x4732847/people_walking_down_mountain_salt_flats_utah
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Resolution-Problems have been resolved
-Everything has come to an end
-The Stage Manager’s closing
soliloquyhttp://laurenceparent.blogspot.com/
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Next Up...O You can choose to either watch the
videos or read the article
O Don’t forget about your two questions!
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Article on Our TownO http://plays.about.com/od/plays/a/our
townlessons.htm
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VideosO“Gregory Boyd on Thornton Wilder an
d Our Town”O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd
WPvWzoVhI O“Theater Talk: Thornton Wilder’s “Our
Town” O (only have to watch: 11:15-14:15)
O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUT2CKRVk1Y