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what is the role and idea of nature in the story "rappaccini's daughter"...

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:34:45 PST

what is the role and idea of nature in the story "rappaccini's daughter" by Hawthrone

Compare and contrast Giovanni with Beatrice.

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 22:55:43 PST

Compare and contrast Giovanni with Beatrice.

What are some examples of Hawthorne's symbolism in this story?

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:02:24 PST

What are some examples of Hawthorne's symbolism in this story?

Rappaccini is a scientist who toys with nature, experimenting with...

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:53:47 PST

Rappaccini is a scientist who toys with nature, experimenting with poisonous flowers and plants. He transfers the poison to his daughter Beatrice, and she herself becomes poisonous, deadly to anyone who would come near her. She is both beautiful and dangerous, like the gorgeous flowers in the garden. The poison is such a part of who she is, woven in the fibers of her being, that without the poison in her system, she would die. And this is what...

What experiment had Rappacinni performed on his daughter?

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:38:24 PST

What experiment had Rappacinni performed on his daughter?

The theme circles around the Garden of Eden and how the experiment in...

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:46:23 PST

The theme circles around the Garden of Eden and how the experiment in the story is created in such an atmosphere. The daughter is so extremely beautiful, yet she is deadly. Giovanni knows that something is not quite right with her. The flowers she holds wither, and the insect dies when near her breath. He knows that she is not as she seems. Yet, he is compelled to try to join her and save her. Just like the forbidden apple, the...

What is the theme of Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"?

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:01:38 PST

What is the theme of Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"?

If I had to sum it up in one word, I would say the "sublime."...

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:55:29 PST

If I had to sum it up in one word, I would say the "sublime." That is to say, in the Romantic period one of the ideas about art, beauty, and nature that circulated was the idea of the sublime: a natural phenomenon so striking that it produced a kind of austere awe in the viewer. That happens with the daughter here, in an extreme and physical way. She's completely stunning: she's beautiful. She is also, however, deadly. This could be...

What would you say is the theme for "Rappaccini's Daughter"?

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:54:32 PST

What would you say is the theme for "Rappaccini's Daughter"?

Because books use different size fonts and pages, and because summaries...

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:23:43 PST

Because books use different size fonts and pages, and because summaries differ in length, it is difficult for readers at a distance to provide much help here. (What's 10 pages to you may be 5 to me, for example.)Summaries of the overall story are available; you'll find one at the link below.http://www.enotes.com/rappaccinis-daughter-salem/rappaccinis-daughter/

Write a summary of the first 10 pages from the story "Rappaccini's...

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:54:40 PST

Write a summary of the first 10 pages from the story "Rappaccini's Daughter."

Here's a brief summary. I hope it helps.Giovanni Guasconti has traveled...

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:58:16 PST

Here's a brief summary. I hope it helps.Giovanni Guasconti has traveled from an unspecified town in southern Italy to study at the University of Padua. He has little money, so he rents a room at an old mansion. The narrator notes that Giovanni recollects that one of the ancestors of the family was mentioned in Dante's Inferno. When the old woman named Lisabetta hears his sigh of disappointment at the gloomy surroundings, she suggests that he...

Write a summary of the first 6 pages of the story, "Rappaccini's...

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:28:32 PST

Write a summary of the first 6 pages of the story, "Rappaccini's Daughter."