Rappaccinni's Daughter
... and she dies, Gionvanni feels as if he has failed, but in reality helping her die may have been the only escape for her from her fathers evil garden, and he truly was her key. Giovanni’s initial reaction to Rappaccini is very disturbing. He seems to be connected to everything corrupt as the narrator notes that “the man’s demeanor was that of one walking among malignant influences, such as savage beasts, or deadly snakes, or evil spirits, which, should he allow them one moment of license, would wreak upon him some terrible fatality.” Meanwhile Giovanni and Beatrice are clearly love-struck by each other. Giovanni has never seen a woman with more beauty and grace. On the other hand, it is possible that Beatrice has never seen a man other than her father. Nonetheless Giovanni cannot stop thinking about the lovely Beatrice. Little did poor Giovanni know at first, that Beatrice has fallen prey to the horrible experiments of her father. Giovanni first starts to notice that something is awry when he notices Beatrice with the purple plant in the garden. Not only is the plant extraordinary in appearance but appears to also be special in essence. Dr. Rappaccini tends to the flower with thick gloves and even hesitates approaching it. He covers his mouth and nostrils with a mask so to not breathe its aroma (1288). Deadly powers are certainly contained within the grasp of the purple plant. Giovanni is concerned with Rappaccini’s lack of interaction with the plant, so much so that he questions whether the plant could “conceal a deadlier malice” (1288). After interacting with Beatrice several times, Giovanni realizes the grim position she has been put in by her father. At first, Beatrice seems accepting of her life, but after meeting Giovanni she realized that there was more to life than what her father had put forth for her in the garden, and she wanted a way out. When confronting her father about what he has done, he seemed perplexed, “Dost thou deem it misery to be endowed with marvelous gifts, against which no power nor strength could a...