Apa Citation For The Movie Wit

The plot of the movie Wit, based on a screenplay by Margarete Edson, revolves around a woman dying of ovarian cancer in an academic medical center. The protagonist, Vivian Bearing, a professor of English literature and expert on the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, struggles to come to grips with her diagnosis. She has built her life around the academic world of literary criticism and left little room for experiencing and showing love. Throughout the movie, viewers are able to follow her from the point of diagnosis, through her treatment, aplasia, and sepsis, to her death in the throes of an aborted attempt at cardiopulmonary resuscitation despite an order that she not be resuscitated. Viewers are privy to her inner thoughts about her life regrets, …show more content…
Dr. Harvey Kelekian who constantly reminds her that her treatment is about the pursuit of knowledge. Notably, he never claims the treatment is about curing or helping her and both characters seem to avoid conversations concerning life and death. Dr. Kelekian, Professor of Oncology, also serves to offer Vivian the opportunity to witness how she treated her students…as an opportunity to demonstrate intelligence and control. Furthermore, both Dr. Jason Posner and Vivian have avoided the personable aspect of their careers in favor of the independent, cold, research sides. Throughout the movie, Dr. Jason Posner must be constantly reminded to be personable and act as if he cares about the patient as a person more than he does the scientific data behind their illness. Unfortunately, both he and Vivian value fact over any of the blurred lines a real and personal connection might present. Moreover, the interactions with her care givers force Vivian to reflect back on the decisions in her life that have led her to this point of isolation and come close to confronting her own lack of …show more content…
In a deeper philosophical sense, it means the innate value each person has simply because each is alive and a human being. Despite not consciously setting out in this direction, Professor Vivian Bearing's journey through the play is towards this deeper sense of dignity in spite of the innumerable shameful sufferings she must be put through. She might have believed that her dignity came by means of her impressive title and accolades, but this theory is disproven as her title is slowly degraded throughout the movie from “Doctor” to “Ms.” to simply “Vivian.” She may have even assumed that her dignity was based on her appearance, but this thought is quickly dispelled as she loses her beauty as her treatment progresses in the form of hair loss. Perhaps she thought that her dignity was based in being free of pain and able to enjoy all of life’s pleasurable offerings. Unfortunately, this hope is crushed as she is put through torturous treatments supposed to heal her that instead cause her immeasurable pain and make her wish for death. It is only when she has lost all that she believed made her who she was, that she realizes dignity cannot be associated with control and independence. Vivian is forced to learn that dignity simply is and comes from herself alone. It is not dependent on whether or not others see it in her. Otherwise she would not have any at all because from the moment the movie began she was