Answer:
The motif of pantomime of everyday actions in the play shows how simple and beautiful life is.
"She chooses her 12th birthday, and she is amazed by how young her parents look, how happy her family seems, and how no one really sees how wonderful life is — even ordinary life"
This sentence explains how the use of pantomimes contributes to the play's larger meaning.
Explanation:
A pantomime is a form of drama done for entertainment in which performers show meaning through gestures and music.
From the play, the Webb family are depicted where they meet in high school, fall in love and get married. Some years later, the wife dies during childbirth and she is given an opportunity to relive one day of her life, she chooses her 12th birthday and is amazed at how life is simple and wonderful life is.
She is asked to be taken back to her grave because she can't stand it anymore.
