... symbolizes the domain of evil. The second major setting is the garden. The author uses poetic diction to describe Rappaccini's garden. Hawthorne writes, There was one shrub in particular that bore a profusion of purple blossoms, each of which had the luster and richness of a gem seemed enough to illuminate the garden, even had there been no sunshine some crept serpentlike along ... symbolizes the domain of evil. The second major setting is the garden. The author uses poetic diction to describe Rappaccini's garden. Hawthorne writes, There was one shrub in particular that bore a profusion...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , when the family knelt down at prayer, he scowled an muttered to himself, and gazed sternly at his wife, and turned away. And when he had lived long, and was bore to his grave a hoary corpse, followed by faith, and aged woman, and children and grandchildren, a goodly procession, besides neighbors not a few, they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for ... ...

• Word Count: 3188
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 73). It is hypocritical of Reverend Dimmesdale to tell Hester Prynne to speak out the truth when he knows the truth and he is the father of the child she bore. His silence shows how much of a coward Reverend Dimmesdale is and how scared he is of the truth. Instead, he is often seen with his hand covering his heart, looking ... ...

• Word Count: 2932
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School