same writing style. In both stories Nathaniel Hawthorne writes as a.
realist, as opposed to a romancer. In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment".
Hawthorne writes about an actual event in history, Ponce de Leon's.
search for the Fountain of Youth on the Florida Peninsula. It does not.
matter if the Fountain of Youth exists or not it is a "real" legend.
"Dr Heidegger's Experiment" is a situation that could have taken.
place. It is not a fantasy. "The Birthmark" is also a piece that.
could have happened. A beautiful woman could certainly be born with a.
disturbing birthmark on her face. In "The Birthmark" Hawthorne writes.
about a real situation with real characters. Again in both "Dr.
Heidegger's Experiment" and "The Birthmark", Hawthorne uses a very.
vague title. For the purpose of "Dr Heidegger's Experiment", Hawthorne.
wants you to ponder on what kind of experiment Heidegger was.
conducting, psychological or p! hysical. In the case of "The.
Birthmark", Hawthorne wants you to think if the birthmark was what.
made the main character, Aylmer, kills his wife or if it went beyond.
just that physical marking. Furthermore, in the pair of stories.
Hawthorne uses several of the same literary devices, for instance,.
symbolism. In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment".
Along with the same writing techniques, Nathaniel Hawthorne also used.
two of the same themes in the stories. Hawthorne uses reoccurring.
themes of his writing in many of his stories. In both "Dr. Heidegger's.
Experiment" and "The Birthmark" Hawthorne uses, the impossibility of.
earthly perfection moreover the loss of innocence. In "Dr. Heidegger's.
Experiment" the doctor's four friends are all in search of earthly.
perfection. This is why they choose to drink the water from the.
Fountain of Youth, to become forever young. The friends are made young.
again by the water, but their youth soon wears away. If it had.
remained for ever they would have achieved earthly perfection, and that.
is impossible.
