Our town? by thornton wilder.?

Question

Death is a discordant beat among the celebration of beginnings of new life, in the beginning of this first act. Why does the playwright include it?

okay... don't give me the answerr... please just help me to understand this question. ask it in like first grade terms! ha =]

thank you soo much. ten points!

Answer 1

Because death is what the final act of this play is about (and all final acts, for that matter.) Wilder believed that his characters needed to accept death and get on with their lives.