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Emily Webb is one of the main and most important characters in the book ¨Our Town.¨ Emily Webb is a round character because of the extremely realistic characteristics she has also because she develops a lot throughout the whole book.
Some of Emily Webbs main traits as the main character in ¨Our Town¨ is that she is a extremely nice girl that is never mean to anyone and it's almost like Emily has the perfect life and and is in the best position she could begin in life wise in the book. As she develops she still is the same girl throughout the book but she begins to find more love and interest in different things and Emily just keeps living life as how she was raised. Emily Webb develops from a little girl, to growing up, then as an adult through

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