Nathaniel Hawthorne Rappaccini's Daughter
...ppaccini's Daughter" also display some or all of these ideas. Biographers first thought that Hawthorne's short story "Rappaccini's Daughter" pertained to religion. Now it has been concluded that the character in "Rappaccini's Daughter" Beatrice, is possibly a former wife, daughter, girlfriend, or another woman in Hawthorne's life (Bensick 67.) Rappaccini's Daughter, Beatrice, is portrayed to be a woman of great beauty. Beatrice's beauty is described as "the most splendid flowers, beautiful as the day, and with a blooms so deep and vivid that one shade more would have been too much (Fictions 623.) Though the author, Hawthorne, has illustrated this woman with having extreme beauty, he shows a very protective father who has only allowed very few to interact with her. This could possibly relate to a particular popular culture that Hawthorne has experienced in his own personal life (Bensick 67.) Russell 2 Rappaccini controls his daughter by instructing her by telling her whom she may m...