Question

Read the excerpt from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," and then match the characters with the traits they represent.
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Colonel Killigrew
lust
Mr. Medbourne
pompousness
Widow Wycherly
vanity
Mr. Gascoigne
greed

Answer 1

Mr. Gascoigne  can be characterized with the word pompousness because his politcial talks related to patriotism and national glory. Indeed, pompousness is synonymous with excessive pride and exaggeration. After his talk, upcoming sentence characterizes Colonel Killgrew's traits. His behavior is relevant with the word lust because he was looking to a beautiful woman named Widow Wycherly. The latter is characterized in the beginning of the paragraph. Her character is synonymous with vanity. The widow does not realize that she is not beautiful. And final sentences is about Mr. Medbourne. He is greedy because all he do in this scene is just to calculate the amount of money.

Answer 2

Mr. Gascoigne = Pompousness, Widow Wycherly = Vanity, Mr. Medbourne = Greed, Colonel Killgrew = Lust
This should be the correct pairs.