In the movie Wit‚ English literary scholar Vivian Bearing has spent years translating and interpreting the poetry of John Donne. Unfortunately‚ she is a person who has cultivated her intellect at the expense of her heart. Both colleagues and students view Bearing as a chilly and unfriendly person lost in her private world of words and mysterious thoughts. At the age of 48‚ she is diagnosed with stage-four metastatic ovarian cancer. Dr. Kelekian wants her to take eight high-dose experimental chemotherapy
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In this movie Vivian Bearings is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She is given “experimental” treatment. Some of the other characters include: Dr. Kelekian‚ the head doctor who informed her of her diagnosis; Jason Posner‚ the detached kid doctor and Susie‚ the sympathetic nurse. Throughout the movie Vivian goes through the different stages of death and dying‚ for example denial‚ anger‚ depression and acceptance. The first stage we witness is her denial. She tells the doctors to keep up the highest
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human” (Byock‚ 2010). In the assigned movie Wit‚ the main role is of Vivian Bearing which is a college professor who teaches a course in English Poetry who spent numerous years transcribing and translating the poetry of John Donne‚ who was known as a master of metaphysical poets. She too is known for her vast knowledge of metaphysical poetry. She is a very bright and scholarly woman although her students view her as cold and unfriendly. At the age of 48 Vivian is diagnosed with advanced metastatic
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toward patients. Professor Vivian Bearing is a well-respected 17th Century English poetry 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
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The movie evoked an awareness of the grief. An emotion I felt as if I had overcame came rushing back and caused an uncontrollable flow of tears. Those tears informed me‚ that I was not over the death of my mentor and I need to deal with those emotions. Vivian Bearing had stage four cancer like my mentor and the emotions I felt when she died were the emotions‚ I experienced while watching the movie. The movie was challenging as a result of what I experienced over a year ago‚ the movie enabled
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today?" asked doctor Jason Posner in his usual automatic‚ inattentive salutation to Vivian‚ which is both humorous and distressing. There is a connection between Vivian Bearing and Jason Posner. Prepped for research and scholarship by Vivian herself (he took her class on the metaphysical poets) Jason possesses many of the same traits as Vivian. He is smart‚ ambitious‚ dedicated to the complexities of his medical research‚ and inept at human relations. Like Professor Bearing‚ who could be overbearing
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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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Vivian Bearing: A Tragic Heroine that Triumph Margaret Edison’s play Wit is about Vivian Bearing‚ a professor of seventeenth century poetry‚ specializing in John Donne. She is a strong willed intellectual being treated for ovarian cancer. Vivian lives a very secluded life and avoids human emotional contact. Just like any tragic hero‚ Vivian has flaws that prevent her from human kindness‚ which leads to her downfall. Her treatment of cancer causes her to realize that she needs emotional connection
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Reflection Paper on Wit Launa Theodore A universal constant about being a patient is vulnerability and loss of control. In the movie Wit‚ starring Emma Thompson‚ you get to see all these and more. You get to see another side of the medical profession that shows blatant disregard for medical humanities‚ the similarities between intellects and the simple art of caring by a nurse who is not an intellect. Wit is the story of an intellectual‚ Vivian Bearing being diagnosed with stage four ovarian
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on the movie Wit When I watched the film “Wit” at first‚ I became curious to the reason why it was entitled “Wit”. The overall plot of the story seems so simple but there are a lot of twists which become clear as the story unfolds. In the latter part of the film‚ I realized that it has been given the title wit because in the end‚ Vivian recognized that what is more important than intellectual learning is the human compassion that she gets just when she needs it the most. Vivian Bearing
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