Thornton Wilder wrote the play “Our Town” with a philosophical approach. He does this in order to convey his message to the audience. This approach allows for the central theme of the play to be revealed. Wilder’s philosophical approach reveals the purpose of the play that is to value your time when you are alive and appreciate everything that you have. This method teaches the audience a moral lesson throughout the play. Though critics may argue that a philosophical approach is not the way literature should be judged, Wilder’s work is not artistic merit isolated from any moral content, it contains philosophical content to be learned. Towards the end of act three, the character Emily, recited her monologue that would become synonymous with
