LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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They are all old and have experienced misfortune.
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They are all friends from high school.
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They are all sick.
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They are all researchers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Each of the four guests Heidegger invites over is a sort of riff on the same basic theme. They all squandered their good fortune and lost everything through their youthful foolishness. Given the chance for a classic do-over, they make the same mistakes again.
Detailed explanation-2: -What do Dr. Heidegger’s guests have in common? They are all old and have experienced misfortune.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mr. Medbourne was once a successful merchant, but he lost his fortune in a risky business investment and is now very poor. Colonel Killigrew “wasted his best years … in pursuit of sinful pleasures, ” and now he suffers the negative effects of his behavior, both physically and spiritually.
Detailed explanation-4: -What do the four guests learn from their experience? They all want to go off and find the fountain and drink of it forever. What moral lesson might the author seem to be trying to teach? Keep working and learning from the past, not complaining or regretting about it, as doing so wont help.
Detailed explanation-5: -The elixir of life and the Fountain of Youth His offer to share this elixir with his guests constitutes the central conflict.