The Roses of Eyam and Our Town - Both plays depict a time and events that are past and yet have interest for us today - Compare the two plays in the light of this statement.

... BOTH PLAYS DEPICT A TIME AND EVENTS THAT ARE PAST AND YET HAVE INTEREST FOR US TODAY. COMPARE THE TWO PLAYS IN THE LIGHT OF THIS STATEMENT. After reading "The Roses of Eyam" and "Our Town", I found that both plays are set in close communities, although "Our Town" is a more modern setting than "The Roses of Eyam". The communities in both plays are somewhat wary of anything outside their immediate environment. In "The Roses of Eyam", the villagers distrust Mompesson and take a long while to accept him. It is not until he and Stanley join together to fight the plague that he begins to gain their trust. In "Our Town", although the townspeople do not distrust strangers, they are dismissive of people they consider below them on the social scale. At the beginning of the play, when asked if someone was sick, Doc Gibbs replies: "No, just some

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