Comparison Between 'Our Town And Midnight In Paris'

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In both Our Town by Thornton Wilder and Midnight in Paris, the main characters learn similar lessons but in different aspects of time. Our Town is a non complex play telling the story of George Gibbs and Emily Webb, through their journey to find love within the small town of Grover’s Corners. However, Midnight in Paris is a film following the travels of novelist, Gil Pender, when he is given the opportunity to go back to Paris in the twenties, which Gil deems his golden age.

Emily Webb in Our Town, passes away due to childbirth, while in the graveyard she discovers that she may visit any memory she requests. Emily transports to her twelfth birthday, a seemingly unimportant day. “I can’t. I can’t go on. It goes so fast. We don’t have time to look at one another”, states Emily after realizing she can not change the memory but rather just watch it pass by. Before returning to the graveyard Emily reflects, overall saying goodbye to the simple things she would miss …show more content…

In Midnight in Paris, every night at midnight an old car lures Gil inside to transport him to his “Golden Age’. A Golden Age describes the notion of idolizing a era previous of yours in order to escape your present. The Golden Age Gil fantasies about takes place in Paris during the nineteen-twenties, where he is able to meet the Fitzgeralds and Hemmingway. The idea of this Golden Age quickly diminishes when Adriana says how the nineteen-twenties is boring and she would rather live in the era of La Belle Epoche. When the duo arrive in La Belle Epoche, due to a mysterious horse and carriage, a man there states he would rather live in the time of the Renaissance. When explaining the idea of appreciating the time she lives in; Gil’s applies this revelation to his current situation. Gil then returns to his present, deciding to live in the present and appreciate the

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