Man vs. God in Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel HawthorneIn the story's introduction, Nathaniel Hawthorne describes himself as a writer caught between two worlds. His alias, Aubepine, presents abstract concepts that would challenge the simple mind, but he makes up for this by designing a dual meaning. His works contain the literal meaning and the implied meaning. He often had to sacrifice his initial concept by injecting humor or other trivial dimensions into the story to satisfy minor audiences. In this story, a young man from Southern Italy becomes involved in the bizarre practice of a scientist. Rappaccini sacrifices his daughter's life in the name of science. Its means would resemble black magic in a different time frame, which goes beyond the boundaries in which man is ideally confined. Beatrice is the unfortunate and reluctant subject of her father's experiment. The daughter's name is an allusion to Dante's guidance in Paradise, and to his wife in real life. In the prelapsarian part of this story, the woman meets John ...