Flaws In Rappaccini's Daughter

All of the characters in “Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne have their flaws. Beatrice places Giovanni in potentially deadly situation in order to gain a short reprieve from her chronic loneliness. Baglioni poisons Beatrice to punish Rappaccini for what he considers heartless science. These two, however, do not compare to the atrocities commited by Rappaccini himself. Baglioni harshly criticizes Rappaccini for his work with poison. While this field is not necessarily evil in itself, Rappaccini’s human experiments are where his work crosses the line from acceptable to immoral. It is said of Rappaccini that “He would sacrifice human life, his own among the rest, or whatever else was dearest to him, for the sake of adding so much