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    Wit Life altering experiences has the power to change people. In the play “Wit” by Margaret Edson‚ Vivian began to value kindness. While on her death bed‚ she realized the of importance human interaction. The overall theme is the significance of humanity. Edson’s use of flashbacks emphasizes Vivian’s transformation from a researched based individual to someone who values humanity. The first flashback emphasizes how controlling and arrogant Vivian was at the beginning of the play. During her

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    scholar. She is told that she has stage four metastatic ovarian cancer‚ by a fellow college Dr. Harvey Kelekian; who has asked Vivian for research purposes if she would be willing to undergo an aggressive 8 month chemo treatment. In the play/movie Wit‚ we quickly see the differences between the two health care professionals; one is a former student of Professor Bearings‚ Dr. Jason Posner who is Dr. Kelekian’s lead research fellow‚

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    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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    In Wit  and  Fight Club we see similarities not only on the layout of the story line and the layout of the characters but also between the character developments within both stories.    In both stories as we’ve seen the authors use the element of an illness‚ whether it was mental or physical‚ to develop who their character is. But what we also see is how the illness element changes the characters themselves.   In both writings we see the characters affected by the illness that portrays them.

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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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    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 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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    One’s identity may be questioned when suffering; ultimately suffering is what creates one’s sense of self or what destroys it. The poetry of John Donne and the play W;t‚ 1993‚ by Margaret Edson‚ both illustrate and explore a sense of suffering and identity. In John Donne’s poetry‚ suffering‚ both emotionally and physically allows the speaker to understand their identity in more depth‚ in comparison to Margaret Edson’s play‚ W;t‚ Vivian’s suffering leads her identity to be stripped away. In Donne’s

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    1. Why do you think Vivian agreed to be in the study and stay in the study? In the movie Wit‚ the main character Vivian really value learning‚ which is why she committed herself to be part of the study. Vivian is a successful English professor who has accomplished many things; however‚ her obsession in education causes her to have lack of social interaction or friends. While Vivian is an intelligent woman‚ she does not have the knowledge what life and death really means. When Vivian first found

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