Our Town
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Act 1 Act 2 Act 3
Themes
All Themes The Theater Community The Everyday and the Ordinary Marriage and the Family Time, Change, and Continuity
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All Characters Stage Manager Dr. Gibbs Joe Crowell Mrs. Gibbs Mrs. Webb George Gibbs Emily Webb Mrs. Soames
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All Symbols The Grover’s Corners Sentinel “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds” The Time Capsule
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Fredericksen, Erik. "Our Town." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 25 Nov 2013. Web. 18 Jan 2020.

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