The second, a growth of character from what once was merely a human literature machine, into a person with a new compassion for others. The decrescendo of Vivian, the main character’s, life can be viewed in two separate ways: the first being a tragic death the loss of a dedicated professor and scholar. The combination of Donne’s poems, placed purposely throughout the play, with the story of an ex-college professor who only knows her own identity through her teaching, creates a dynamic between what can be known of self, and what is left to the universe to decide. Vivian Bearing, told are the struggles of battling with death not caused by a disease, but through the treatment of that disease. Wit A play written by Margaret Edson for none other than personal reasons, is a beautiful fusion of humor with knowledge of 17th-century literature, specifically the work of a well known poet, John Donne.
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