Emily Webb's Character In 'Our Town'

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Our Town
1. One main character in Our Town is Emily Webb, who eventually learns to value the simple joys in life while you can throughout the course of the play. First, at the beginning of the play she is clearly concentrated on things such as her appearance, rather than the more important things she would miss later on in life. When speaking to her mother in Act One, Emily asks, “Mama, am I good looking? … Am I pretty? … Am I pretty enough… to get anybody… to get people interested in me?” Her mother just brushes her off and tells her that she is pretty enough for normal purposes, but to Emily her looks and what others think of her matter greatly. At this adolescent stage in her life she is primarily focused on those things, which she
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