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Describing Biblical Parallels In Hawthorne

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Describing Biblical Parallels in Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter”


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 similar to the


situation of Giovanni and Beatrice in the story.


In both ?Rappaccini’s Daughter? and the Genesis chapters in the bible,


lush, beautiful gardens are the setting. Both gardens are exotic and pretty,


but the garden of Eden is bright and tropical, while Dr. Rappaccini’s garden is


darker and mysterious. Both gardens are home to a type of ?forbidden? plant,


but the garden of Eden was created by a super-natural being, and Dr.


Rappaccini’s garden by Rappaccini himself.


The forbidden plant in Genesis is a gorgeous, extremely tempting fruit


plant. The fruit on this plant are described as extremely tempting. However,


these fruits have been deemed prohibited by God. 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 between Giovanni and Adam is


established. Both are young men, and each was tempted by a woman. Giovanni in


Hawthorne’s story was lured into the garden by Beatrice; however, Beatrice was


attempting to make Giovanni immune to the poison of the plant, so they could be


together forever. Beatrice and Eve also share similarities. They both are the


ones that first fall to temptation and which ultimately leads to each of their


demise.


The serpent in ?Rappaccini’s Daughter? is clearly represented by Dr.


Rappaccini. Dr. Rappaccini was responsible for luring Giovanni into the garden


for his daughter, and also exposed to the toxin that led to his becoming


poisonous and stuck in the garden.


The story of Rappaccini’s daughter is an extremely enjoyable story with


close biblical ties. The parallels are extremely apparent and also very


important. What seems to be a story simply of fatal love is quite possibly a


retelling of the opening chapter of the Bible, Genesis.

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