Question

What allegory is found in this excerpt from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"?



Youth is eternal.



Old age can be a curse.



Age does not equal wisdom.



Precious things should not be wasted.



Wisdom comes with age and experience.

Answer 1

Is this a novel or a poem?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Here's the plot of the short story: Dude has a vase of magical water, his friends drink it because they think it will give them eternal youth, they act like idiots for a while only to return back to normal, and go to Florida to get more of that magic water.