This paper is written on Rapaccinni's Daughter. Doctor Rappaccini "is a man fearfully acquainted with the secrets of nature" (23), a mad scientist, but a father who, like other fathers, has a compelling desire to protect his daughter from the harm that others can do to her. He uses his genius for the purpose and created a plant at the very birth of Beatrice, his daughter, to guard it from peril. Beatrice and the plant grow up together like twin sisters, separating Beatrice from human company. This is her loving father's idea of protection and well being for her.
