Introduction In this research paper, we are going to deal with the short story 'Rappaccini's Daughter'. ... 'Rappaccini's Daughter' is a romantic work with romantic characteristics. ... The latter says, "Nothing detains the reader's attention more powerfully than deep involutions of distress, or sudden vicissitudes of fortune; and these might be abundantly afforded by memoirs of the sons of literature.... This technique allows the reader to have several interpretations of the work. ... He is so dehumanized that he sacrifices his daughter for his experim...

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In a vain attempt to explain what befell them, the Puritans built up "such personifications [and] marvelous interpretations"32 as to reveal their own morbid fascination with the unnatural. ... They believe that the forest was "the Devil's last preserve."33 Hence, when the Salem minister, Reverend Parris, discovers a group of girls from the town, including his daughter, Betty, and niece, Abigail, dancing and "conjuring up spirits"34 with his slave girl, Tituba, "the rumor of witchcraft [spreads] all about."35 Betty will not wake from what seems to be a deep sleep36. ... Prynne,...

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HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. Historians use this material to form...

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When he finds out from Juliet's nurse that she is the daughter of Capulet "his family's enemy "he becomes distraught. ... Love compels him to sneak into the garden of his enemy's daughter, risking death simply to catch a glimpse of her. ...

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