Dr.+Heidegger's+Experiment


 * Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: ** Dr. Heidegger Experiment


 * Point of View: **First Person omniscient

Round, Dynamic
 * Protagonist: **Dr. Heidegger
 * What type of character is the Protagonist? **

Dr. Heidegger In Dr. Heidegger's study, dim old place with cobwebs and dust. Old bookshelves on the walls.
 * Antagonist: **
 * Describe the setting **

Man vs. Man The main conflict is Dr. Heidegger Experimenting on them.
 * Type of Conflict: **
 * Describe the main conflict: **


 * Describe the Climax of the Story: **

The climax of the story is when the vase is knocked over.


 * How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **

He learns that he will not be able to drink form the fountain of youth without lousing his expediences and maturity.


 * Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **

You could say that the theme(s) of the story are deception and curiosity, and the title is Dr. Heidegger's Experiment so.. you could say that the relationship is how much someone will go to satisfy their curiosity.


 * How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **

The main conflict is just like the title, how far will the Dr. distance himself from his humanity.

When the vase was knocked over all of the Dr. curiosity was fulfilled, but he still had to go on with the deception.
 * How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **


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

while the shadows of age were flitting from it like darkness from the crimson daybreak. Till time had buried him from the knowledge of the present generation. The crushed and dried petals stirred The skeleton in Dr. Heidegger's closet is a symbol of the bad thing he has done in his past.
 * Simile: **
 * Metaphor: **
 * Personification: **
 * Symbol: **
 * Foreshadowing (give both elements): **

The rose blooming and wilting foreshadows the people going into their youth then becoming old again.

That as soon as the people became young again they started mocking Dr. Heidegger and old people in general.
 * Irony: **

It was a dim, old-fashioned chamber, festooned with cobwebs, and besprinkled with antique dust
 * Imagery: **

** Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **


 * 1) Dr. Heidegger says that he is amused by his experiments. He also does them to satisfy his curiosity about his whether theory is correct or not.


 * 1) They all made mistakes during their youth that affected the rest of their lives negatively and all of them men used to be lovers of the widow. They behave more like their former selves when they were young when they drank the water from the Fountain of Youth.

COMPLETION3/5 EFFORT 3/5 CONTENT 3.5/5 QUESTIONS 4/12 TOTAL 13.5/27