Dr Heidegger's Experiment

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1. Dr. Heidegger’s Dr. Heidegger’s
ExperimentExperiment
BY: Nathaniel BY: Nathaniel
HawthorneHawthorne

2. AllegoryAllegory
A literary work in
which characters,
objects, and events
represent abstract
qualities and ideas.

3. The StoryThe Story
Dr. Heidegger invites 4 friends
over to meet him in his study.
•Mr. Medbourne
•Colonel Killigrew
•Mr. Gascoigne
•Widow Wycherly
What did
these 4
people look
like?

4. Mr. MedbourneMr. Medbourne
•Used to be a prosperous merchant
•Lost it all by a frantic speculation
•What does that mean?
•He is now a mendicant
A beggar

5. Colonel KilligrewColonel Killigrew
Wasted his best years and
health in the pursuit of
sinful pleasures.
He now suffers from the
gout and divers

6. Mr. GascoigneMr. Gascoigne
Is a ruined politician
“A man of evil fame.”

7. Widow WycherlyWidow Wycherly
She used to be a great
beauty in her day.
Certain scandals have kept
her secluded in her house
alone. Other men stay away
because of the scandals.

8. Connect FourConnect Four
How do the 4 know each
other?
The three men fought over
her for many years because
they were her lovers.

9. The StudyThe Study
“It was a dim, old-fashioned
chamber, festooned with
cobwebs, and besprinkled
with antique dust…” 38-70
•What type of things are in
his study?

10. InventoryInventory
•A bronze bust of Hippocrates
•He would talk to it Ln. 45
•Skeleton in the oaken
closet Ln. 47

11. InventoryInventory
The Mirror Ln. 48
What was in the mirror
according to legend?
Dead patients that would
stare back at him.

12. InventoryInventory
The Portrait
“… the full length portrait of
a young lady, arrayed in the
faded magnificence of silk,
satin,…” Ln. 54
Who was it?

13. The Greatest CuriosityThe Greatest Curiosity
What was the greatest
curiosity?
What supposedly
happened? Lns. 61-70

14. The ExperimentThe Experiment
What did Heidegger take
from the book?
Who gave it to him? Ln. 100

15. What did Heidegger do with
the Rose? Ln. 111
What happened to it?
It
looked
like this
Minus the
Teddy
Bear of
course.

16. The Fountain of YouthThe Fountain of Youth
Who searched for the
Fountain? Ln. 130
Where is it? Ln. 135
What’s in the vase?

17. A WarningA Warning
“Before you drink…” Ln. 160
What is he warning?
How do the 4 react to the
warning? Ln. 167

18. They DrinkThey Drink
“With palsied hands…”
173-194
What does the description
show us before and after
they drink?

19. How did they behave now that
they drank the elixir? Ln 226
How do they treat Heidegger
after drinking more? Ln 284
Why do they start fighting?
Ln 300

20. What’s really going on?What’s really going on?
Ln 311 “…Yet by strange
deception, owing to the
duskiness…”
What are some explanations
for this?

21. Whoops?Whoops?
The three men got into a fight
and broke something. What?
Ln 327
“I love it as well thus, as in
dewy freshness.” Ln 350
What does he mean by this?

22. Another LessonAnother Lesson
“The water of Youth
possessed merely virtue…”
Ln 363 What is the lesson?
“I would not stoop…” Ln 371
Where do the people go?

23. What’s the real experiment?What’s the real experiment?
What’s the real experiment?What’s the real experiment?
Science Experiment?Science Experiment?
Sociology Experiment?Sociology Experiment?
What’s the difference?What’s the difference?

24. Allegorical CharactersAllegorical Characters
Widow Wycherly
Colonel Killigrew
Mr. Gascoigne
Mr. Medbourne

25. AnswersAnswers
Vanity
Hedonism
Political Corruption
Greed