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“Mrs. Gibbs is Mrs. Webb is Mrs. Gibbs” In Thorton Wilder’s classic play about life in a small town, no other two characters share so much in common with one another as Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb do. Their purpose in the story, on a figurative leve ....

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.... as well. Thorton Wilder’s use of two women who are virtually the same serves as an example of how the woman in Grover’s Corners act. In fact, Wilder’s use of these two women enforces the small town mentality, in which everyone should live by a set standard. These two women are pieces of the puzzle that is Grover’s Corners. They represent the “norm” who is just another person who has lost his or her individuality. The two women are not meant to remain in the mind of the reader because of their performance. Oddly enough, their “claim to fame” comes because of their lack of individuality. Therefore their ....