Rappaccini ’s Daughter

Write a note on the theme of the story.

       The story explains the theme of science and human values in this world Hawthorne is a skilful short story writer who has explained that science without humanism fails in its purpose of human uplift and welfare. The story plainly tells us that science must serve man and man should not be sacrifice at the altar of science. Rappaccini is a great scientist who ignores all human values. He has mania of discovering a formula of poison so that man may become immunise from all the poison. He grows all kinds of herbs and flowers in his garden and carries out various experiments on his beautiful daughter. Beatrice develop and tendency of killing everything. That she touches or blows out of young student Giovanni falls a prey to her love and tries to deposing her. She dies then and there. The tragedy of Beatrice is really Dr Rappaccini is who ignores human values and wishes to make that scientific at every cost.

Rappaccini daughter is a fantasy discuss. Critical appreciation of story

       Rappaccini daughter is a fantasy. Through imagination fanciful expression the writer has created a real world of poisonous flowers where science and material gains are more valuable that human beings or human values. Rappaccini is wolf and in sheep clothing and he is ready to sacrifice even the most precious things at the altar of science. Dr Rappaccini is a man of science. Who crosses all the boundaries of morality and religion. He prepares a poisonous garden and persuades his daughter to be helpful in various experiment of science. Beatrice is a innocent girl who is entrapped by her father and becomes poisonous. A young handsome student of South Italy comes to Paddua University and stays in a room adjacent to Rappaccini garden. At first sight he falls in love with Beatrice. Beatrice Prof. Baglioni who is a close friend of Giovanni’s father is very kind to him. He tries to make Giovanni’s understand the risky circumstances with are driving him to death. But Giovanni refuse to hear any argument from his father’s friend. Finally Prof. Baglioni gives him a vital of antidote for Beatrice. She drinks it from the hand of her lover without any hesitation and dies instantly. Thus she dies in the hands of her lover.