Dr.+Heidegger's+Experiment


 * Short Stories - Literary DevicesTitle: Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment **

Omniscient Dr. Heidegger The protagonist is round and dynamic. Dr. Heidegger Dr. Heidegger’s study Intruiging Dr. Heidegger is trying to figure out if he would repeat his mistakes if he could relive their life. The climax of the story is when the vase breaks due to fighting, the butterfly comes to life, and the the rose shrivels up. The protagonist learns that given a second chance, people will repeat the same mistakes. Initially, he was unsure, which is the reason he did this experiment. Dr. Heidegger is doing an experiment, and the title reflects that. The main conflict is when the realization hits his friends that they aren't going to be young again. They have repeated their mistakes**,** and it is too late now. The vase was broken due to them repeating their mistakes, which showed Dr. Heidegger people would repeat mistakes. Dr. Heidegger told his friends to not follow the same mistakes they made before. They ended up ignoring him and repeated the same mistakes. Dr. Heidegger’s lover died on the night before the wedding by taking his prescription. “It was a dim, old-fashioned chamber, festooned with cobwebs, and besprinkled with antique dust. Around the wall stood several oaken bookcases, the lower shelves of which were filled with rows of gigantic folios and black-letter quartos, and the upper with little parchment-covered duodecimos. Over the central bookcase was a bronze bust of Hippocrates, with which, according to some authorities, Dr. Heidegger was accustomed to hold consultations in a all difficult cases of his practice. In the obscurest corner of the room stood a tall and narrow oaken closet, with its door ajar, within which doubtfully appeared a skeleton. Between two of the bookcases hung a looking glass, presenting its high and dusty plate within a tarnished gilt frame.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The story shows how people would act if they could have eternal life. Despite humans being logical, people would repeat the past, including all the wrong-doings.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Point of View: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Protagonist: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What type of character is the Protagonist? **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Antagonist: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the setting: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Type of Conflict: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Man vs. Himself
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the main conflict: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the Climax of the Story: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Simile: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“One limped across the floor, like a gouty grandfather”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Metaphor: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“They were all melancholy old creatures”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personification: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“the brazen head of Hippocrates frowned”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Symbol: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The rose Dr. Heidegger received from Sylvia Ward was a symbol for life. Inevitably over time, the rose gradually died.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Irony: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Imagery: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> According to Dr. Heidegger, the experiment is to figure out if the water would restore his friends’ youth.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Dr. Heidegger’s friends are all near the end of their lives and regret the decisions they have made in life.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Heidegger would not stoop to bathe his lips in the Fountain of Youth because his friends showed him that he would repeat the same mistakes and gain nothing from it.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The narrator of the story is a man who heard about Dr. Heidegger and his experiments. He is not certain of the truth or accuracy of the story.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the story, it is said that youth is the best part of a person’s life.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I feel that a vaccine against aging would bring more negative effects than positive effects. Having more time to live, more people would probably become lazy, as in they were in no rush to accomplish anything. Overpopulation would also be an issue, which would cause insufficient resources and land.

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