Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town" explores the ordinary lives of a community of people living in Grover's Corner, New Hampshire. The play has three main acts, each of which focus upon a different aspect of life. Wilder portrays the importance of the small, often unnoticed things in life throughout the cycle of life, starting in the morning with birth and ending in the evening with death. Throughout the first and second acts of the play, …
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…the traditional concepts of dramatic illusion, as it helps the audience relate more directly to the play's concept. In Thornton Wilder's American drama, "Our Town", a real moral dilemma is presented in the play, to the audience through unrealistic techniques. By doing so, the audiences is able to familiarise themselves with the situations being acted out on stage, and reflect upon the messages of appreciating every moment of life, that Wilder is attempting to send.