Describing Biblical Parallels In Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"
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In Hawthorne's “Rappaccini's Daughter,” many biblical parallels can
be found. The story duplicates the chapter of genesis in the bible in
many ways. Ranging from the characters, to the setting, and even the
deadly plant in the story. The account of Adam and Eve in Genesis 1-3 is
extremely si ....
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.... The plant in
Rappaccini's garden is a large flowering bush. The flowers on this bush
are unlike any others and extremely exquisite. The two plants share the
trait of “forbidden,” but in different ways. The fruit on the tree in
Genesis was forbidden simply because that was the way God made it. The
plant in Rappaccini's garden was forbidden because it was poisonous. The
only people immune to the poison of this plant were Beatrice and Dr.
Rappaccini.
In Hawthorne's story, a parallel ....
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