"Rappaccini's Daughter": Untold Truths Allegories, symbolism, fantasy, the theme of faith, the theme of science, the presence of humanity, and conceivably the unforgivable sin. Given all of these characteristics, a reader may very well perceive this story not only Nathaniel Hawthorne's greatest work, but his most problematic as well. The meaning of this classic tale has been disputed among the greatest of critics. The story has been interpreted as pro-Transcendental and anti-Transcendental (Stallman 1). Beatrice has …showed first 75 words of 1046 total…

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