Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" - Read

Question 1

literary devices

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• simile (comparison using like or as)

- personification (when an object or idea is given human-like characteristics)

Question 2

When Dr. Heidegger’s friends saw the dead rose revive when it was put into the water from the Fountain of Youth, their first reaction was

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skepticism

Question 3

the description of a skeleton in the closet and the mysterious, black book of magic in Dr. Heidegger’s den are examples of

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descriptive writing

Question 4

according to Hawthorne in “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” the widow Wycherley’s most beloved friend is

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herself

Question 5

the strange occurrences reported by the chambermaid who cleaned Dr. Heidegger’s den are examples of

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elements of gothic literature

Question 6

the magic elixir – the water from the Fountain of Youth – purportedly had the power to turn back the hands of time and restore youth and vigor. This occurrence in Hawthorne’s story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” is an example of

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an element of gothic literature