Rappaccini’s Daughter Group

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chubbi3
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What experiment had Rappacinni performed on his daughter?

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Posted by chubbi3 on Friday February 13, 2009 at 12:38 AM and tagged with characters, experiment, rappaccini’s daughter, rappacinni.

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  1. slchanmo1885
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    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 in fact happens. When Giovanni, a man who had fallen in love with her from a distance, gives her an antidote to rid her body of the poison, it kills her, because she IS poison.

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    Posted by slchanmo1885 on Friday February 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM