Man Against God in Nathaniel Hawthornes Rappaccinis Daughter Essay

Man Against God in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini's Daughter In the introduction of the story, Nathaniel Hawthorne describes himself as a writer trapped between two worlds.   His alias, Aubepine, presents abstract concepts that would challenge the simple mind, but compensates for this by designing a dual meaning.   His works contain the literal meaning, and the implicated meaning.   Often, he would have to sacrifice his initial concept by injecting humor or other banal dimensions to the story in order to satisfy the lesser audience.   In this story, a young man from Southern Italy becomes implicated in a scientist's bizarre practice.   Rappaccini sacrifices his daughter's life in the name of science.   His means would resemble black magic in a different timeframe, which trespass the boundaries that man is ideally confined to.     Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Beatrice is the unfortunate and unwilling subject of her father's experiment.   The daughter's name is an allusion to Dante's guide in Heaven, and his wife in real life.   In the prelapsarian part of this story, the woman grows to know Giovanni ...