... symbols through characters, objects and settings. Some of them aim to convey American romantic themes and features. Among them, there is rejection of science, clash between Nature and culture, notions of good and evil (duality), human nature, and the contradiction with and opposition to convention and religion. One of the romantic ideas expressed in 'Rappaccini's Daughter' is the rejection of science. In ... characteristics have a cultural connotation that provokes a feeling of sadness in Giovanni. This hellish atmosphere of the room leads him to relate it to Dante's Inferno as if ...

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