Time in Wilderian works
Title: Time in Wilderian works
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 3517 | Pages: 13 (approximately 235 words/page)
Time in Wilderian works
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 3517 | Pages: 13 (approximately 235 words/page)
According to Hall the experience of time "varies in detail from class to class, by occupation, and sex and age within our own culture". (Hall, 1984: 133) Thus its perception is highly subjective. While some people may experience time as running very fast at the same time others can feel it drag. Time escapes definitions though the passage of time can be felt in human personal experience and observed in the environment. Strange as it as, people
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are the stars - doing their old, old crisscross" (OT, 1988: 356)
Summing up the experiencing time in the play, it is clearly seen that the characters are three dimensional - individual, general and eternal. The story of Emily and George is only a supporting example of the overall message of Our Town. That is why they are not aware of their roles and the general (universal) dimension of what they do. Firstly they experience time childis