Summary Of Dr Heidegger's Experiment By Nathaniel Hawthorne

The timeless classic “Dr Heidegger’s Experiment“, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, explores the idea of science, or even science fiction, in a number of different ways. He uses themes such as the supernatural, and the transformation of old to young, to further investigate the topic of science. Hawthorne also uses the characterisation of Dr Heidegger to also make evident the idea being explored throughout short story. Hawthorne also uses a number of language forms and features, such as imagery, diction and the dialogue, to enter into a deeper exploration of the topic ‘science’
Nathaniel Hawthorne cleverly uses the themes of the supernatural, and the transformation of old to young, to further investigate the idea of science, or science fiction. “Over the central bookcase was a bronze bust of Hippocrates, with which, according to some authorities, Dr. Heidegger was accustomed to hold consultations in all difficult cases of his practice.” This quote was used to perhaps help bring the element of science fiction into this text. As Hippocrates was famous for
By using a scientific theory, even though it may be considered to be supernatural, is the idea of a fountain of youth. This automatically persuades the audience into relating the short story to one of the scientific genre. By creating this link between the text and science, the reader can now fully understand how the author intended the story to be read. The quote, “ “That is certainly a very pretty deception,'' said the doctor’s friends; carelessly, however, for they had witnessed greater miracles at a conjurer's show; "pray how was it effected?” ” , clearly shows that the doctors friends were sceptics of the miracle they had just seen. This was, perhaps, used to mimic the world around us, as people will always be sceptics of new scientific theories. This intelligently helps explore the idea of