- Hannah and Bernard vs Valentine
- Book geeks vs maths geeks
Bernard
- Bernard sees himself as a literature critic
- Bernard's discipline is not as publicized any more - he's publicity hungry and angry about scientist's power and status
- Bernard thinks that reading makes you a better person - classical literary idea
- Literature teaches us about humanity
- Bernard is a balance to the many scientific theories in the play
- Saying you don't need to understand Newton to understand the universe
Hannah
- Likes discovering things
- Joy in exploration and learning
- Censuring the past with her more liberal/reasonable hindsight
- Very skeptical but is always right
- Idealizes human endeavour
- Takes underdog's side
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