Rappaccini’s Daughter

Elizabeth Drew Stoddard’s ‘Lemorne Versus Huell’ and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’ deal with the complex issues related to man-woman relationships. Though Hawthorne’s story is not set in America, the cultural issues represented in both the stories are relevant to the 19th century American readers.  They display the subtle nuances of…

The short story Rappaccini’s daughter is from the author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was published in 1844 in a newspaper but later taken to be part of a collection in 1846. It is the story of a certain Medical researcher called Giacomo Rappachini who grows poisonous plants in the garden. A…