1. “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”
By Nathaniel Hawthorne pp

2. Hawthorne’s background
Salem, Mass.
Bowdoin College
Changed name from Hathorne
The Scarlet Letter (1850)

3. Questions
1. Thoughts about the ending—consistent with the whole story—pessimistic attitudes
Comprehension check:
Experiment
Use experience to pass along wisdom
To find the fountain of youth

4. #2
Evil ways are tough to overcome
People repeat the same mistakes

5. 3
Mockery of senior citizens?

6. 4 Yes, because the rose changed
No, because they still looked old in mirror

7. 5
Base on events that already happened

8. 6 Characters would like it
Heidegger would dispute it for scientific reasons

9. 7 Regrets a failed relationship Estrangement from Hawthorne
Characters have selfish regrets

10. 8
Yes—most people would—it’s tough to change someone’s character.

11. Symbol Wycherly—beauty Colonel Killigrew—health Mr. Gascoigne—power
Mr. Medbourne—wealth
Dr. Heidegger—Science