a. Conscientious
Conscientiousness implies a desire to do a task well. Conscientious people are efficient and organized as opposed to easy-going and disorderly.
They exhibit a tendency to show self-discipline, act dutifully, and aim fore achievement. They display planned rather than spontaneous behavior, and
dependable. In Our Town play, Emily Webb represents an excellent student and a
conscientious daughter. These characters, visible from the following several dialogues:
GEORGE: You certainly do stick to it, Emily. I dont see how you can sit still that long. I guess you like school.Wilder, 1957:28
George’s comment shows that Emily has an attitude of self-discipline, act dutifully, and aim fore achievement. Emily’s effort is to succeed is also
apparent from Emily achievement motivation when she was talking to George. GEORGE:You made a fine speech in class. Wilder, 1957:27
EMILY:Well ... I was really ready to make a speech about the Monroe Doctrine, but at the ast minute Miss Corcoran made me talk about
the Louisiana Purchase instead. I worked an awful long time on both of them.Wilder, 1957:27
EMILY:Well, I always feel its something you have to go through. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
This dialogue reflected that Emily worked hard in completing the task. She always tried to achieve her best. She felt that everyone should fight and work
hard to achieve the best results.
b. Bright person
Besides conscientiousness, Emily was also described as an intelligent girl. Some comments of George about Emily, pointing out that George admitted
that Emily is a bright girl. GEORGE: Yeah. Emily, what do you think? We might work out a
kind a telegraph from your window to mine; and once in a while you could give me a kind a hint or two about one of those algebra
problems. I dont mean the answers, Emily, of course not . . . just some little hint ....Wilder, 1957:28
GEORGE: Emily, youre just naturally bright, I guess. Wilder, 1957:28
Her brightness was not only seen by people around her. Emily herself was well aware that she was clever. It seems that Emily also felt that she was
born as a clever girl. Here is Emily response to George’s comment. EMILY:I figure that its just the way a persons born.
c. Vainglorious
Although Emily has a high academic motivation, but as a girl in general, she is also very concerned about her physical appearance. In Our
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