![]() ![]() ![]() Jason, much like Vivian, completely ignores the necessity of humanity in his job. This realization devastates and humbles Vivian because she has now been reduced to mere subject matter. Once I did the teaching, now I am taught” (37). ![]() After one morning’s “Grand Rounds” (36), Vivian begins to equate her situation with her scholarly studies, noting “they read me like a book. Just as Jason anatomizes her as research, she picks apart John Donne’s “Holy Sonnets.” She focuses on Donne’s use of punctuation, pronunciation, and scansion like Jason focuses on her anatomy, both completely missing the “psychological depression” (39) of their subjects. Being a scholar herself, Vivian feels at home with the anatomization and dehumanization of research. At the start of the play, Vivian strongly identifies with Jason because he represents research and “uncompromising scholarly standards” (15). Jason begins Vivian’s road to redemption by showing her the error of her ways. ![]()
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