<p>“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Name______</p><p>Please answer the following questions. Finished this is worth 20 points and can be used as a study aid for Friday’s quiz.</p><p>1. Fill in the following chart with information about Dr. Heidegger’s guests.</p><p>Name of character Description before elixir Description after elixir 2. How is each guest’s youth described? (Give the name and what each did when young.)</p><p>3. What physical description is given for Dr. Heidegger?</p><p>4. What hints are given that Dr. Heidegger might not have been a very good doctor?</p><p>5. Who was Sylvia Ward and what happened to her? (Is this one of the above hints?)</p><p>6. What strange objects are in Dr. Heidegger’s study? (Hint: five minimum.) 7. How does Dr. Heidegger get the water from the fountain of youth?</p><p>8. What imagery is used for the water?</p><p>9. Are there any hints that they four guests only imagine they look younger? Explain your answer with information from the story.</p><p>10. What does the rose in this story symbolize?</p><p>11. What does the butterfly in this story symbolize?</p><p>12. Who is the protagonist in this story and what is his goal? 13. Who is the antagonist in this story? Explain.</p><p>14. At what point in the story does the reader know whether the protagonist has reached or will never reach his goal? Be specific. You may even quote what is said.</p><p>15. Is there an incident in the story that feels more like the climax in terms of highest tension or excitement than the moment that answers number 14? Be specific.</p><p>16. What does the narrator suggest the guests are going to do after the episode described in this story?</p><p>17. How does the narrator describe himself? 18. Speculate: why does Hawthorne have his narrator speak directly to the reader in this way?</p><p>19. Did you enjoy this story? Explain your answer.</p>