Comparing Nathaniel Hawthorne :: essays papers

Dr Heideggers experimentAn sheath aging physician, Dr. Heidegger, calls together his oldfriends and contemporaries to test his waters of the opening ofyouth. As the doctor himself sits by to enjoy the show, each of hisfour antique friends eagerly quaffs more and more of the magic potion,each draught get ahead carrying them backwards into their shared youth.Having grown young, smooth-skinned and agile again, the three men dismountto fight for the favors of the fourth compatriot now restored to herformer beauty. In the heat of the fracas, they draw to grow tired andwithin minutes the effect of the waters has faded away. Theparticipants in the brief respite from old age are devastated by thetransience of the experience. Despite Heideggers warning that he haslearned to appreciate the favor of age by watching the four of themmake themselves fools, they learned no such lesson and resolve to makea pilgrimage to Florida to seek the Fountain.The birthmarkA dedicate scientist, in a brief step from his science lab pursuits,marries a beautiful woman with a single physical damage a birthmark onher face. Aylmer becomes obsessed with the imperfection and needs to shift it, to be happy with his wife. The tale evolves around hisprogressive frenzy to utilize his scientific skills to render his brideperfect and the faith of his submissive wife that the pairing can surviveonly if he accomplishes his goal. The author tells us that Aylmer haddevoted himself, however, too unreservedly to scientific studies...and, in the secrecy of his laboratory he prepares the potion forGeorgiana that results in the disappearance of the birthmark and thedeath of Aylmers experimental subject.ComparisonDr. Heideggers Experiment and The Birthmark can be compared in many a(prenominal) aspects. Nathaniel Hawthorne used many of the same writingtechniques in both(prenominal) stories. Both pieces share deuce common reoccuringthemes. Also, the symbols in the story find like meanings. In bothDr. Heideggers Experiment and The Birthmark, Hawthorne uses thesame writing style. In both stories Nathaniel Hawthorne writes as arealist, as opposed to a romancer. In Dr. Heideggers ExperimentHawthorne writes astir(predicate) an actual event in history, Ponce de Leonssearch for the Fountain of early days on the Florida Peninsula. It does notmatter if the Fountain of Youth exists or not it is a real legend.Dr Heideggers Experiment is a situation that could have takenplace. It is not a fantasy. The Birthmark is also a piece thatcould have happened. A beautiful woman could certainly be born with a