Dr.+Heidgger's+Experiment

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 Short Stories - Literary Devices Title:Dr. Heideggers Experiment

Point of View: first person Protagonist: Dr.Heidegger

What type of character is the Protagonist? Flat and static

Antagonist: Old age

Describe the setting At Dr.Heidegger’s house in his study

Type of Conflict: people vs. age

Describe the main conflict: I think the main conflict was the three men where at each others throat over the widow.

Describe the Climax of the Story: When they all take a drink How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title is “Dr. Heidegger's experiment” the the experiment is to study old age and resentment.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? that in their youth the three men fought over the widow.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? all of them take the drink and think they're young again but they're all just delirious Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile:The opposite side of the chamber was ornamented with the full-length portrait of a young lady, arrayed in the magnificence of silk, satin, and brocade, and with a visage as faded as her dress

Metaphor: As for the Widow Wycherly, she stood before the mirror courting and simpering to her own image, and greeting it as the friend whom she loved better than all the world beside.

Personification:but had the offspring's of Nature’s dotage.

Symbol: the rose

Foreshadowing (give both elements):???

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Irony:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Imagery:the crushed and dried petals stirred, and assumed a deepening tinge of crimson.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. i think the class theme was the fountain of youth and in the story Dr. Heidegger claims to have water from the fountain of youth.