End of experiment
What does Dr. Heidegger tell his friends? Would he drink the water? Why or why not?
Did the four friends learn a lesson? How do we know?
Rules of experiment
Dr. Heidegger mentions their “peculiar advantages”—which are?
What advice does he give them? How do they respond? Why?
They laugh---how ridiculous is the notion that we will repeat our mistakes
What do these four characters have in common?
All three men had at one time been involved with the Widow
Most important:
Their “greatre not dead yet!
Widow Wycherly---was a beautiful young woman---lost respect of those around her as a result of “certain scandalous stories”—represents beauty, lost through her bad choices
(In this story, each of the characters represents something people strive to have in their youth).