Our Town by Thornton Wilder is a modernist play because it explores the transience of human life, in a sense that the characters in the play highlight the significance of the little things that they do in their daily lives. The play is also narrated through the view of a stage manager which openly tells the audience about how the stage is designed and what each prop is meant for. The stage manager is a character both inside and outside the play which blurs the wall between the reality that what the audience is about to see is fictional, and the fiction that the play is supposedly real in the character's point of view. This characteristic of the play destabilizes the line between fact and fiction and is considered a modernist play based on that setting itself, among all other themes of the play.
After reading some other's opinions. It may be D. To be very impatient. But I could be wrong, and many apologies if I am.
I'd say D, because that seems like a good writers strategy. To give information centered around the narrative and theme. Otherwise, A.
The correct answers are as follows:
1. The word in bold is CLOYD. The literary meaning of cloy'd is excessive supply of something that is initially good or pleasant. The word nearest in meaning to cloy'd among the given option is OVER SENTIMENTAL. To be over sentimental is to be overly or excessively emotional.
2.The word in bold is HALF IMPAIRED.
The nearest word in meaning to half impaired in the options given is PARTIALLY DAMAGED. To be half impaired means to be weakened or reduced either in strength or quality. The same meaning applies to partially damaged. To be partially damaged is to be reduced in value, usefulness, beauty or other good qualities.
3. The word in bold is LOTH.
The nearest word in meaning to loth is RELUCTANT OR UNWILLING. The word loth is used to describe a state of reluctance or unwillingness. Loth refers to an unwillingness to do something that is contrary to one belief or principle. Loth is normally used as an adjective in sentences.
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