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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