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I read Wit over Easter Break and I enjoyed it. It wasn’t my favorite read but it wasn’t my least favorite either. I think that the protagonist, Vivian is very funny. I enjoy sarcasm and she definitely adds that aspect to the play.  

What I did not like about the play is why Vivian was considered a research project. It seemed to me that Kelekian and Jason gave her this full dose treatment for eight months just to see what would happen to her. I didn’t get the sense that they cared about what was best for her. Even the nurse, Susan said to Jason that the medicine was too strong for her and he didn’t seem to care. He was much too concerned with how this treatment would affect his and Kelekian’s reputation if it was successful.

I also didn’t know why Jason was always nervous. It was understandable that first time he was examining Vivian, his former professor, but the play made it seem that he was always nervous and I never understood why.

Donne and his seventeenth century poetry wasn’t my favorite but I think it made Vivian’s character more relatable and understandable.

I don’t enjoy reading plays alone. I don’t mind reading them aloud in class when someone can play the different roles. That way, each character can have a voice and the play is easier to follow.