The movie Wit chronicles the care of patient Vivian Bearing‚ a poetry professor who is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer and is undergoing aggressive chemotherapy treatment. While in the hospital‚ Vivian is taken care of by a nurse named Susie‚ and her treatment is overseen by Dr. Kelekian and Dr. Jason Posner‚ who happens to be a former student of Vivian’s (Bosanquet & Nichols‚ 2010). Throughout her time in the hospital Ms. Bearing doesn’t always receive the best care; ethical principles are
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The film “Wit” has provided me the opportunity to obtain a greater understanding of medical ethics‚ and how it is incorporated within medicine. “Wit” has allowed me to experience a patients’ thoughts and feelings while receiving care‚ giving me the insight on how important it is to practice medicine with empathy and compassion. Medicine is complex in that although it is important to remain knowledgeable‚ it is also the duty of the healthcare professional to maintain the patients best interest when
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for further development‚ into the hands of a group of well educated scholars who are generally referred to as University Wits. They were responsible for providing Shakespeare the right foundation so as to raise English Drama to the highest point and make it the greatest literary force of the Elizabethan age. In the tradition of Drama that was received by the University Wits there was a marked tendency of realism in comedy and tragedy‚ and the consequent casting off of the personified characters
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The apostle John was one of the greatest friends to Jesus and an avid follower who also wrote many books. Of these books John writes 1st‚ 2nd‚ and 3rd John. Although the writings of these books were stretched out through out different times‚ there are many similarities and differences in between who John was‚ and who he became. Throughout 1st John there is a common theme of love. John covers everything from loving each other‚ to loving God‚ and the sin of loving this world. Although 2nd and 3rd
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The characters John‚ from Brave New World‚ and the monster‚ from Frankenstein‚ both have very similar backgrounds. In both novels‚ the characters are treated very poorly in the societies they live in‚ and are considered outcasts. However‚ these characters also have some major differences. John and the monster both struggle with rejection but they differ in that John was given more control of his situation. In both novels‚ the main characters are totally rejected by those around them. This is made
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theories were offered. John Donne (1572-1631 A.C.E.) is a poet best known for his use of metaphysical conceits . His poetry and prose reflect a deep knowledge and understanding of theology‚ astronomy‚ law and alchemy (The Norton Anthology of English Literature‚ 1233). During Donne’s lifetime‚ the Copernican Revolution erupted around him -- he refers to both the old and the emerging astronomy theories: the Ptolemaic vs. the Copernican universe. In his poetry especially‚ Donne uses grandiose expression
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In this journal Armitag stated that John Locke has turned into an essential connection in the historical chain joining liberalism with colonialism. The purposes behind this are essentially true to live. From 1669 to 1675‚ the Proprietors of infant colony of Carolina among them his benefactor Anthony Ashley Cooper‚ also known as Earl of Shaftesbury employed Locke as their secretary. From October 1673 to December 1674‚ he was secretary and after that likewise simultaneously treasurer to the English
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“Wit” was written in 1955 by playwright Margaret Edson‚ Wit is also a one - act play that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for Drama. Edson engages readers of the play and audience members in many ways throughout the life of Dr.Vivian that include‚ Dr.Vivian’s experiences‚ from being a professor of the seventeenth-century poetry‚ to a victim of terminal ovarian cancer‚ and death. Wit begins with Dr. Vivian talking to the audience this is the first way Edson has the characters from the play engage
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The acknowledged Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis uses his novel‚ Zorba the Greek‚ as a means to present philosophical ideas to his audience. In his novel he explores many different themes and ideas‚ some of which stem from his greatest inspirations. Two of these philosophical ideas are Epicureanism and Dionysian nature. Epicureanism is a theoretical system founded by the philosopher‚ Epicurus (341-270 B.C.E.)‚ who held that happiness should be valued as life’s highest good and that the best way to
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The Demonstration of Wit in The Odyssey In Greek literature‚ many writers include an epic hero‚ with many heroic qualities. In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey by Homer‚ Homer portrays a captain named Odysseus‚ who needs to use his wit to get himself and his men home to Ithaca by ship. Odysseus and his men face different obstacles that require Odysseus’s great strength in mind‚ so that they may pass through safely. Although Odysseus faces several hardships‚ it is Odysseus’s wit and aptitude‚ not his physical
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