As Vivian is nearing the end of her life, she begins to reflect everything that has happened; good or bad. Vivian thinks back to her time as a professor of literature, but more importantly when she was a student herself. Her professor E. M. Ashford pushed Vivian hard to be the best student she could be, which shaped her into the professor she was. Throughout the play, it seems like Vivian has flashbacks to parts of her life when she was younger. As a reader, some of those flashback are confusing, the biggest being E. M. Ashford’s visit to the hospital before Vivian dies. As a reader it seems like Vivian’s former professor is really visiting her. E. M. explains that she is in town for her grandson’s birthday and discovered that Vivian was in the hospital. They begin reading from Vivian’s favorite childhood book, and soon after Vivian falls asleep. …show more content…
M. is really in the hospital visiting Vivian. In the movie, E. M. seems magical and a part of Vivian’s imagination. This is due in part to the way the directors producers made E. M.’s entrance. Vivian is alone on her bed and there is no one around the hospital, when suddenly E. M. walks into the room. In an earlier scene in the movie, we see Vivian and E. M. having a conversation as a professor and student. E. M.’s in the hospital looks very similar to the way she looked, 20 years prior. This gives the audience a hint that Vivian is imagining this whole encounter. In both the play and the movie Vivian is dosing in and out of sleep, which shows that she might be having small dreams about her life. Shortly after E. M. visits Vivian, Vivian dies in the hospital. Readers and watchers are able to read or see this important scene in Wit, but it is much clearer in the movie