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The play Wit, written by Margaret Edson, centers around an underlying theme of how the main character, Ms. ... Using her strength, in the form of wit, she struggles to analyze herself, and those around her. ...
Wit is defined as a keenness of perception, and ingenuity; the very thing that the playwright Edson uses to define Vivian. Vivian’s wit can be seen from the very beginning of the play, where Ms. ... In the play, Vivian hints at this by stating that “to the scholar, to the mind comprehensively trained in the subtleties of seventeenth-century vocabulary, versification, and theological, historical, geographical, political, and mythological allusions, Donne’s wit is … a way to see how good you really are” (18). ... Vivian realization of the importance of having someone there who cares about her feelings can be seen by the lines, “Now is not the time for verbal swordplay, for unlikely flights of imagination and wildly shifting perspectives, for metaphysical conceit, for wit. ... She accepts her fate, and finds the humility to place less importance into the intellect; the arrogance; the over-analyzing; the wit; all for the simpler things, human compassion, and kindness, this is when she frees herself, and allows herself to be cleansed in the eyes of God.
Approximate Word count = 1207
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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