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Week #2:
Week #2:
Music in Wilder's Our Town
Music in Wilder's Our Town
Choose at least one (1) of the songs in the below list to preview for Act II.
Choose at least one (1) of the songs in the below list to preview for Act II.
What predictions can you make about universal themes still to be developed in the play?
What predictions can you make about universal themes still to be developed in the play?
Can you identify a contemporary song that connects one (1) or more of the themes you identified?
Can you identify a contemporary song that connects one (1) or more of the themes you identified?
How might Wilder's selected songs set the mood for not only the act but the play?
How might Wilder's selected songs set the mood for not only the act but the play?
Handel's "Largo" (Wilder 75) - "Never was a shade"
Handel's "Largo" (Wilder 75) - "Never was a shade"
"Love Divine, All Love Excelling" (Wilder 77) - "joy of heaven, to earth come down, / fix in us thy humble dwelling"
"Love Divine, All Love Excelling" (Wilder 77) - "joy of heaven, to earth come down, / fix in us thy humble dwelling"
"Blessed Be the Tie That Binds" (Wilder 79) - "our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, / our comforts and our cares"
"Blessed Be the Tie That Binds" (Wilder 79) - "our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, / our comforts and our cares"
Week #3:
Week #3:
Universality of Our Town & Current Events
Universality of Our Town & Current Events
"EMILY: I don't like the whole change that's come over you in the last year. I'm sorry if that hurts your feelings, but I've got to--tell the truth and shame the devil" (Wilder 65).
"EMILY: I don't like the whole change that's come over you in the last year. I'm sorry if that hurts your feelings, but I've got to--tell the truth and shame the devil" (Wilder 65).
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"In half-amused exasperation.
"In half-amused exasperation.
MRS. WEBB: The whole world's wrong, that's what's the matter" (Wilder 76).
MRS. WEBB: The whole world's wrong, that's what's the matter" (Wilder 76).
Consider the two (2) quotations from Act II on the left.
Search Newsela for a current news article that makes you connect to Emily and/or Mrs. Webb's points of view on the need to tell the truth and/or not feeling "in sync" with the world.
Read the article and identify how you can connect to at least one (1) of the above points of view. Your response reflection should be one (1) page in length.
Week #4:
Week #4:
Legacy in Wilder's "Our Town" & Miranda's "Hamilton"
Legacy in Wilder's "Our Town" & Miranda's "Hamilton"
"STAGE MANAGER: We all know that something is eternal. And it ain't houses and it ain't names, and it ain't earth, and it ain't even the stars...everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet you'd be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. There's something way down deep that's eternal about every human being" (87-88).
"STAGE MANAGER: We all know that something is eternal. And it ain't houses and it ain't names, and it ain't earth, and it ain't even the stars...everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet you'd be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. There's something way down deep that's eternal about every human being" (87-88).
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"EMILY: Don't you remember, Mother Gibbs--the legacy you left us" (Wilder 96)?
"EMILY: Don't you remember, Mother Gibbs--the legacy you left us" (Wilder 96)?
Other Connections to Hamilton to Consider:
Other Connections to Hamilton to Consider:
Consider other thematic connections such as how the life cycle is portrayed, specifically marriage and death.
Consider other thematic connections such as how the life cycle is portrayed, specifically marriage and death.
Consider both playwrights as actors in their respective works' lead roles.
Consider both playwrights as actors in their respective works' lead roles.
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