Examples Of Corruption In Rappaccini's Daughter
Sam Sandoval
Ellen Wall
English 93, 8am
25 February 2011
Evil in Mankind The story “ Rappaccini’s Daughter” shows that there is corruption in the world, Beatrice is the only innocent person portrayed in the story. Almost all the characters in the story are corrupt. From Giovanni showing his love, but in reality being infatuated with Beatrice, to Rappaccini committing the biggest sin, which is pride. Everyone is guilty of corruption in the story except for Beatrice.
Giovanni lives in an apartment overlooking Rappaccini’s garden and makes the acquaintance of the doctor’s daughter, whose beauty and mysterious qualities fascinate him. As Giovanni looks for Beatrice everyday by his window he bares witness to her dangerous powers. “ Be that …show more content…
Some might say he is the most corrupt person in the whole story. For example he provides a phial of liquid that he says will restore Beatrice to normal. Instead, it kills her. It is seen that he provides the phial of liquid to Giovanni to get rig of the poison that has consumed him, but other evidence suggests that there was a master plan involved. Baglioni gave the liquid to Giovanni knowing that he would give it to Beatrice to get rid of the poison. He knew that it would kill her and he did it because of revenge and the ambition he had towards Rappaccini. He has been competing with Rappaccini for recognition as the best physician in Italy, as he says when he tells Giovanni,” The truth is, our worshipful Doctor Rappaccini has as much science as any member of the faculty- with perhaps one single exception…”(pp.4) That exception is Baglioni because him and Rappaccini are rivals. As it says, “ had he known that there was a professional warfare of long continuance between him and Doctor Rappaccini, in which the latter was generally thought to have gained the advantage.”(pp.4) It is shown here that there was a motive to give Giovanni that liquid so that he can poison Beatrice to get back at Rappaccini. What makes this all clear is in the end of the story after Beatrice dies, Baglioni peers down from the window and “ in a tone of triumph mixed with horror, to the thunder-stricken man of science: Rappaccini! Rappaccini! And is this the upshot of your experiments?”(pp.18) I believe that professor Baglioni was corrupt because he wanted revenge for Rappaccini’s success and so he used Giovanni to kill Beatrice to get back at
Ellen Wall
English 93, 8am
25 February 2011
Evil in Mankind The story “ Rappaccini’s Daughter” shows that there is corruption in the world, Beatrice is the only innocent person portrayed in the story. Almost all the characters in the story are corrupt. From Giovanni showing his love, but in reality being infatuated with Beatrice, to Rappaccini committing the biggest sin, which is pride. Everyone is guilty of corruption in the story except for Beatrice.
Giovanni lives in an apartment overlooking Rappaccini’s garden and makes the acquaintance of the doctor’s daughter, whose beauty and mysterious qualities fascinate him. As Giovanni looks for Beatrice everyday by his window he bares witness to her dangerous powers. “ Be that …show more content…
Some might say he is the most corrupt person in the whole story. For example he provides a phial of liquid that he says will restore Beatrice to normal. Instead, it kills her. It is seen that he provides the phial of liquid to Giovanni to get rig of the poison that has consumed him, but other evidence suggests that there was a master plan involved. Baglioni gave the liquid to Giovanni knowing that he would give it to Beatrice to get rid of the poison. He knew that it would kill her and he did it because of revenge and the ambition he had towards Rappaccini. He has been competing with Rappaccini for recognition as the best physician in Italy, as he says when he tells Giovanni,” The truth is, our worshipful Doctor Rappaccini has as much science as any member of the faculty- with perhaps one single exception…”(pp.4) That exception is Baglioni because him and Rappaccini are rivals. As it says, “ had he known that there was a professional warfare of long continuance between him and Doctor Rappaccini, in which the latter was generally thought to have gained the advantage.”(pp.4) It is shown here that there was a motive to give Giovanni that liquid so that he can poison Beatrice to get back at Rappaccini. What makes this all clear is in the end of the story after Beatrice dies, Baglioni peers down from the window and “ in a tone of triumph mixed with horror, to the thunder-stricken man of science: Rappaccini! Rappaccini! And is this the upshot of your experiments?”(pp.18) I believe that professor Baglioni was corrupt because he wanted revenge for Rappaccini’s success and so he used Giovanni to kill Beatrice to get back at