1. Writing Prompt #7: Symbolism in Dr. Heidegger’s Study
Prompt: Choose 3 items in Dr. Heidegger’s study and explain how they contribute to the tone, themes, and mystery surrounding Dr. Heidegger and his experiment.
Bust of Hippocrates: Ancient Greek (400 B.C.) who is often cited as the “Father of Western Medicine”. He separated medicine from the supernatural…irony?
A skeleton in the closet (literally!)
A portrait of Heidegger’s dead fiancée
A mysterious black folio
A withered rose that becomes “young” again
A mirror