Wit Worksheet
Answer the questions below but make sure to provide the
evidence
that supports your answers.
You can list points but include page numbers for all evidence in support of the point.
1.
What is one of the major themes in this play, and how do you know it to be a major
theme?
2.
What issues or ideas might Edson be calling attention to in this play?
3. Like
A Doll House, Wit
also offers pairs of characters who can be linked in various ways.
Chose a pair and offer an assertion about them that could be argued. How exactly are they
linked? What is important about the connection? Make sure to offer evidence from the
play
.
4.
What importance does language play in
Wit
?
Clearly, it is mentioned often. Why, do you
think? How is it used, by whom, and for what purposes?