海德格大夫的实验专用课件.pptVIP

Dr. Heideggers Experiment by--Hannah Plot Characters Style Symbol Plot An eccentric aging physician, Dr. Heidegger, calls together his old friends and contemporaries to test his waters of the fountain of youth. As the doctor himself sits by to enjoy the show, each of his four aged friends eagerly quaffs more and more of the magic potion, each draught further carrying them backwards into their shared youth. Having grown young, smooth-skinned and agile again, the three men begin to fight for the favors of the fourth compatriot now restored to her former beauty. Plot In the heat of the fracas, they begin to grow tired and within minutes the effect of the water has worn off. The participants in the brief respite from old age are devastated by the transience of the experience. Despite Heideggers warning that he has learned to appreciate the advantage of age by watching the four of them make themselves fools, they learned no such lesson and resolve to make a pilgrimage to Florida to seek the Fountain. Characters Dr. Heidegger - a scientist who is the protagonist of the story. Colonel Killigrew - a man who throughout his life has had many different sexual partners and many different pleasures. Mr. Medbourne - once a rich man who lost most of his money gambling, but claimed that he lost it in a stock investment. Mr. Gascoigne - a politician whose career was cut short. Widow Wycherly was formerly a beautiful woman loved by the three gentlemen. When the four drink the liquid, she becomes beautiful again and everybody starts to compete for her hand. Style Gothic Parable Dark Romanticism Symbols The Bust of Hippocrates The Skeleton in the Closet and The Portrait of the Lady The Mirror The Rose 海德格大夫的实验 那个怪老头——海德格大夫，有一回请四位老朋友在他书房聚会。客人是三位白胡子老绅士：梅德鲍尼先生、基利格鲁上校与加斯科因先生。还有位干瘪老太婆威彻利寡妇。他们全都上了年纪，郁郁多愁，一辈子时乖运舛，最倒霉的是他们全都快进坟墓啦。梅德鲍尼先生年轻时经商，生意兴隆，可一次投机失误便倾家荡产，如今跟叫化子差不多。基利格鲁上校一生花天酒地纵情声色，浪尽了华年、健康与钱财，还落下一身病痛，譬如痛风之类灵与肉的折磨。加斯科因先生是个破落政客，臭名远扬，抑或这臭名得等岁月从当代人的记忆中将他抹去，使他湮没无闻。至于寡妇威彻利，年轻时可是个