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Corruption In Rappaccini's Daughter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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In the classic tale,”Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the line between what is ethically sound and not which mankind should never tamper with has been crossed. The experiment conducted in the story has had disastrous effects on the subject and others. Hawthorne utilizes the characters' contemplations and actions all through the story to showcase the corruption of science. As a result of her father’s tampering, Beatrice has not only become as fatal as the blossoms in the “Garden of Eden” but is cut off from ordinary human interactions. Rappaccini believed that he had given his daughter “marvelous gifts, against which no power … could avail an enemy” (Hawthorne 28). By giving Beatrice this power, she became as toxic as the flowers
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