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A short 10p words character sketch of the story dr.heideggar(plz answer the question if u know dont just answer it in irrelevent words plz)

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Dr. Heidegger

Character Analysis

Dr. Heidegger is an enigmatic old medical doctor who performs an experiment on his four elderly friends to test the hypothesis that youth is inseparable from folly. Though Dr. Heidegger is a scientist, his study is filled with magical objects and his experiment involves magical water from the Fountain of Youth. Therefore, Dr. Heidegger’s outlook is not wholly rational, despite him being a doctor. Furthermore, though Dr. Heidegger is trying to prove a moral hypothesis—that morality is associated with age—the morality of Dr. Heidegger’s own behavior is left open-ended. On the one hand, Dr. Heidegger seems moral because he does not drink the magical water, so he does not succumb to foolish behavior. On the other hand, though, he baits his elderly friends into indulging their worst impulses. At the end of the story, Dr. Heidegger announces that he will never drink from the Fountain of Youth, suggesting that he had considered doing so, but wanted to witness its effects for himself before deciding. Whether this is wise or cruel, Hawthorne never explicitly says. Dr. Heidegger was once in love with Sylvia Ward and was engaged to marry her before she died.

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