The climax of Our Town occurs when
Emily and George first meet
Emily returns to life
Emily and George marry
Emily dies

Emily returns to life

Explanation:

Te climax in Our Town happens when Emily returns from the dead to celebrate her twelfth birthday. She observes herself and other people living the life routine and she realizes that no one is seizing the day, no one values what they have.

She sees that simplicity in small things is the form of living a good life. People are ignoring life, and its purpose and are waiting for something great to happen, while life is passing by unnoticed.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."