The second major setting is the garden. The author uses poetic diction to describe Rappaccini's garden. ... Hawthorne directly compares this beautiful garden to Eden when he writes, "Was this garden, then the Eden of the present world?" ... When Giovanni first sees Beatrice, he is love struck. ... However, later we see that Giovanni's love was actually lust when the student discovers that he has been infected by Beatrice. ...

• Word Count: 514
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The second major setting is the garden. ... When Giovanni first sees Beatrice, he is love struck. ... However, later we see that Giovanni's love was actually lust when the student discovers that he has been infected by Beatrice. ... In this passage, Hawthorne shows that Giovanni's love was actually lust and his tone toward Giovanni is critical. ... This passage shows the purity of her love for Giovanni. ...

• Word Count: 2625
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This bears the symbolic parallel of Charlie's journey from retardation to genius and Adam and Eve eatting the fruit from the tree of knowledge, costing them their innocence and causing them to be exiled from the Garden of Eden. ... It is with his growing intelligence that Charlie finds himself slipping away from everyone he loves. ...

• Word Count: 1093
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate