... his uncle21. Consequently, the author lacked the parental affection which is necessary for any child to grow up well. He says, "how, all through my boyhood, I was alone; how I grew up without a root, yet continually longing for one- longing to be connected with somebody- and never feeling so ... based on unnatural elements. Indeed, Rappaccini nourishes his daughter with poison. This poison means life to Beatrice and gives her comfort, "give me thy breath my sister," exclaimed Beatrice, "for I am faint with common air ()" (Hawthorne: p17). Similarly, Sophia relied on medicines to get rid...

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