Dr. Heidegger’s Dr. Heidegger’s ExperimentExperimentBY: Nathaniel BY: Nathaniel

HawthorneHawthorne

AllegoryAllegoryA literary work in which characters, objects, and events represent abstract qualities and ideas.

The StoryThe StoryDr. 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?

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

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

Mr. GascoigneMr. Gascoigne

Is a ruined politician

“A man of evil fame.”

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.

Connect FourConnect Four

How do the 4 know each other?

The three men fought over her for many years because they were her lovers.

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?

InventoryInventory

•A bronze bust of Hippocrates

•He would talk to it Ln. 45

•Skeleton in the oaken closet Ln. 47

InventoryInventory

The Mirror Ln. 48

What was in the mirror according to legend?

Dead patients that would stare back at him.

InventoryInventory

The Portrait“… the full length portrait of a young lady, arrayed in the faded magnificence of silk, satin,…” Ln. 54

Who was it?

The Greatest CuriosityThe Greatest CuriosityWhat was the greatest curiosity?

What supposedly happened? Lns. 61-70

The ExperimentThe Experiment

What did Heidegger take from the book?

Who gave it to him? Ln. 100

What did Heidegger do with the Rose? Ln. 111

What happened to it?

It looked like this

Minus the Teddy Bear of course.

The Fountain of YouthThe Fountain of Youth

Who searched for the Fountain? Ln. 130

Where is it? Ln. 135

What’s in the vase?

A WarningA Warning

“Before you drink…” Ln. 160

What is he warning?

How do the 4 react to the warning? Ln. 167

They DrinkThey Drink

“With palsied hands…” 173-194

What does the description show us before and after they drink?

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

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?

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?

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?

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?

Allegorical CharactersAllegorical Characters

Widow Wycherly

Colonel Killigrew

Mr. Gascoigne

Mr. Medbourne

AnswersAnswers

Vanity

Hedonism

Political Corruption

Greed