In the article “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” (Short Sotry Criticism 192), Jones asserts the question, “How can Beatrice, with a mortal father on the scene, be an allegorical figure of Eve” (193)? By leaving the question to us we are lead to believe that this comparsion can be made. Even though Beatrice had a mortal father on the scene, she can be an allegorical figure of Eve because Eve was lead to believe that the “apple” was good for her. Eve was decieved by Satan and Beatrice was deceived by her father. They both were confined to the garden and were expected to tend to it.
Jones also contend, “How can this be the present Ede
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