Professor Incognito Apologizes

1. Are there any prominent symbols in the story? If so, what are they and how are they used?

There isn't a particular symbol in the short story that is prominent throughout. There are themes that show up and even then, it's not that strong. It would have to be the titling of each section, his 'RE:' in regards to what he wishes to discuss with his fiancé that stumbled upon his laboratory. They constantly argue and they clearly have things hidden from each other, i.e. their alter-egos, but there is very clearly love there. This love is shown by him constantly reaffirming that yes he wants her and yes it might not be the best situation, but whats to live this new world with her. Besides that, there isn't a prominent symbol of sorts in this story.

2. What connections did you with the story? Discuss the elements of the work with which you were able to connect.

I've always had a deep fascination with heroes and villains, especially of the super kind. This story just put two of my loves together, heroes and villains trying to live normal lives and them being together trying to hide their second lives. It's an interesting tension that adds to the arguments that many couples have to deal with. Not only do they have to argue over dinner plans, friends, and "normal things", they have to do their best to keep to themselves their deepest secrets. Secrets of the fiancé that clearly the narrator knows about. Even knowing she is his arch-nemesis, he loves her and wants to live the new world order with her by his side.

The writing was witty and clever, the narrator was fun to read. This is probably the most important element to the story to help me connect. I could laugh at his comments and understand how he felt for the entire situation.

3. What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium? What medium would you use? What changes would you make?

I think it would be really interesting to see this as a movie or tv show. As a stand alone short story, expanding on the arguments and situations they faced, having it as a film would be incredibly interesting. I've read this short story about two years ago in a book called 'A Mad Scientists Guide to World Domination: A Collection of Short Stories'. Being part of a larger book, it would really cool to have them adapted to a tv series where each short story is a stand alone episode, like The Twilight Zone. Spanning an hour long each, they can tell the story as is and really expand on the universe each author created for these stories.