in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"

Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 1

Argumentation...................................................................................................................... 2

1. The Fantastic Elements of the Setting.................................................................. 2

1.1. The Preface as a Foretaste..................................................................... 2

1.2. The Opening Phrase............................................................................... 3

1.3. Rappaccini's Garden.............................................................................. 3

1.3.a. The Garden of Eden and the Fairytale Garden....................... 3

1.3.b. Rappaccini's Garden as a Reflection of his Hubris .................5

2. The Renaissance as Temporal Setting.................................................................. 7

2.1. Direct Hints to the Renaissance............................................................. 7

60 Gunter Jackel, "Nachwort," in Gunter Jackel, ed., Das Volksbuch vom Till Eulenspiegel (Leipzig: Reclam 1956) 210.

The theme of this tale is human hubris, the conflict between man's thirst for knowledge and power on the one hand and God's commandments as well as human responsibility for the creation on the other hand.

Even Baglioni has to admit that his rival "now and then (...) has effected, or seemed to effect, a marvellous cure" (100). This corresponds to the fact that in the Christian tradition men in league with the devil frequently do good and useful works76.

Ohio State University Press, 1974. Vol. 10 of The Centenary Edition of the Works of

3.2.a. Rappaccini as a Stereotypical Villain

Arnim, Achim von; Brentano, Clemens, ed. Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Alte Deutsche Lieder.

Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise

2 With their golden ringlets (102, 104), Giovanni and Beatrice resemble the typical, noble and beautiful children of kings of the folk legend.

Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 22./23.April 2000, 49.

51 "Wilde, Der edle" in Motive der Weltliteratur 831.

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