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Today's True Community In Our Town By Thornton Wilder

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Today’s True Community
Society as a whole; the public, is the definition of a community. In some ways Grovers Corners is similar to twenty-first-century communities, however, Wilder's play would reach today's audiences better if it were updated to how communities work now.

Throughout Thornton Wilders play Our Town he addresses the themes of life, love, and death and how individuals are affected by their community and vice versa. Wilder accurately creates a community's atmosphere for an early twentieth-century town. The milkman delivers milk in the morning, the families have a full breakfast together before they leave for school and work and everyone knows everything about each other. During the play, Emily complains about hearing the choir
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