... Rappaccini's garden symbolizes the setting of the initial fall of man. In Rappaccini's Daughter, the original sinners, Adam and Eve, are represented by Giovanni Guasconti and Beatrice Rappaccini. Giovanni symbolizes Adam in the sense that he is shallow and insincere. When Giovanni first sees Beatrice, he is love struck. Hawthorne uses poetic diction when he writes, the impression which the fair stranger made upon him ... was as if here were another flower as beautiful as they, more beautiful than the richest of them. This passage describes Giovanni's feelings towards the beautiful Beatri...

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... Rappaccini's garden symbolizes the setting of the initial fall of man. In "Rappaccini's Daughter," the original sinners, Adam and Eve, are represented by Giovanni Guasconti and Beatrice Rappaccini. Giovanni symbolizes Adam in the sense that he is shallow and insincere. When Giovanni first sees Beatrice, he is love struck. Hawthorne uses poetic diction when he writes, " the impression which the fair stranger made upon him ... was as if here were another flower as beautiful as they, more beautiful than the richest of them." This passage describes Giovanni's ... feelings towards the beauti...

• Word Count: 514
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate