Reflections on your past
...r’s deceased patients dwelt within its verge, and would stare him in the face whenever he looked thitherward.” (pg. )He knows that if he had had another chance to be young again with the superfluous knowledge that he has at the time, then he would be able to correct his mistakes. The mirror is just trying to say that everyone should learn from their past mistakes and use them to their advantage. The rose represents the remembrance of his past failures. Dr. Heidegger will always think about his past love with his nearly wedded wife because of his rose and what had ruined his chance to be with the person he loved so dearly. The doctor has learned from his past mistakes and experiences so he has accepted his age and the way he is now. The rose is also the main foreshadower of the story because once the doctor has regained the rose’s natural balance and purity, you can immediately believe that he will experiment his four elderly friends with the magical water that he possesses. The vase represents the chance of the four friends to become young again. The four friends had a magnificent chance to relive their youths once again. The shattered vase symbolizes the four friends shattered chances to gain back their youth. The water that was flowing across the floor sym...