Dr.+Heidegger's+Experiment

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: __Dr. Heidegger's Experiment__

Point of View: Third person

Protagonist: Dr. Heidegger What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and static

Antagonist: Himself

Describe the setting: His library, maybe sometime in the recent past?

Type of Conflict: Man vs self

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict is between Dr. Heidegger and himself. He is trying to figure out if he wants to drink from the fountain of youth or not.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The Climax of the story is when the doctor hands the water from the fountain of youth to the other four people.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He doesn't. He is a static character.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title is "Dr. Heideggers Experiment", and the story is about his experiment. So the title and the theme are directly related.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict is whether or not to drink from the fountain of youth. This helps illustrate the theme because the theme is about eternal youth.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? the climax helps illustrate the theme because the climax is when Dr. Heidegger gives them the youthful water, and then there is some decision making there. To drink or not to drink?

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile: ...a small round table, as black as ebony..."

Metaphor: "The same withered and crumbling flower, had blossomed five and fifty years ago."

Personification: "The crushed and dried petals stirred..."

Symbol: "This rose," said Dr. Heidegger, with a sigh, "this same withered and crumbling flower, blossomed five and fifty years ago. It was given to me by Sylvia Ward, whose portrait hangs yonder; and I meant to wear it in my bosom at our wedding." The rose is both a symbol of the fountain of youth, and his wife.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): Finding an exact quote would be quite a lot of typing, so I figure that explaining it would suffice. Foreshadowing is ever present in this story. There is foreshadowing laced through every paragraph to suggest that once they drink the water, old feuds will come up again.

Irony: "Above half a century ago, Dr. Heidegger had been on the point of marriage with this young lady; but, being affected with some slight disorder, she had swallowed on of her lover's prescriptions, and died on the bridal evening." This is a great example of tragic irony, as she died on her wedding day.

Imagery: "It was a dim, old fashioned chamber, festooned with cobwebs, and besprinkled with antique dust. Around the walls stood several oaken bookcases, the lower shelves of which were filled with rows of gigantic folios and black-letter quartos..." (it goes on for the rest of the paragraph, but that is too much to type :P)

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The class theme is humanity. This directly relates to the story as humanity and being human means that we have a limited time to live. Considering this story is about living forever, there would be a lot of things you would have to think about first, like do you really want to live forever? What are the pros and cons of eternal life? These are all things you would have to consider before drinking from the fountain of youth.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TDZw5dsURS7XrLcHnVrJ80Lu7DB1mILg7vQoB2-anMo/edit

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