Dr.+Hiedegger's+Experiment

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

Point of View: 3rd Person.

Protagonist: Dr. Heidegger.

What type of character is the Protagonist? He is a round and dynamic character.

Antagonist: The Fountain of Youth.

Describe the setting? In Dr. Heidegger's study, it is gloomy and suspenseful in the eighteen hundreds.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Himself.

Describe the main conflict: The doctor deciding whether the effects of the fountain were good or bad, and deciding if he should seek out the Fountain of Youth or not.

Describe the Climax of the Story: Dr. Heidegger's male subjects at each others throats for who would dance with the widow.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He decides to not seek out out or drink water from the fountain and realizes how bad this could be for the world. When he was younger he would have have gone and looked for it immediately.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. It refers to the protagonists name and the main event of the story.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? It shows us the consequences of the wrong decision and that what you want might be not be right.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? It shows us how you should look at the big picture and not just what you want.

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

Simile: "a visage as faded as her dress."

Metaphor: "an old woman's wrinkled face could ever bloom again"

Personification: "as if the flower were reviving from a deathlike slumber;"

Symbol:"snatched their glasses from the table," This is a symbol of greed.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): "The crushed and dried petals stirred, and assumed a deepened tinge of crimson," "Their eyes grew clear and bright; a dark shade deepened among there silvery locks;"

Irony: "That is certainly a very pretty deception," He is not believing something that is true.

Imagery: It was scarcely full-blown; for some of its delicate red leaves curled modestly around its moist bosom, within which two or three dewdrops were sparkling."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The story has to do with the theme choices because the story revolves around the doctor making the right choice whether to drink the water from the Fountain of Youth or not.

Questions: 1) To see what the water would do to a human.

2) They are all old and had all been unfortunate in life. During the experiment they were all quite rude and untrustworthy.

3) I didn't because he didn't want to get old again and that he didn't want to become addicted to it or make wrong decisions again.

4) Since the story is 3rd person the narrator he is like another invisible person at the scene. He is certain of his facts because he is repeating every thing that happens.

5) That you learn when you are young and make mistakes. Also that your often ignorant.

7) No, I don't think this is desirable. It would probably be fought over and not everyone would get since there would probably be limited supply.

 Completion 5/5  Effort 3/5  Content 3/5

 Total 11/15

 Questions Completion Mark 3.5/5

 Total 14.5/20