Young Goodman Brown and Other Hawthorne Short Stories
What does the purple flower mean in "Rappaccini's Daughter"?
Short Story- Rappaccini's Daughter
(More specifically, what does purple symbolize in the story?)
Short Story- Rappaccini's Daughter
(More specifically, what does purple symbolize in the story?)
The shrub with the purple flowers that is growing at the base of the fountain can represent the Biblical tree of knowledge : the good and evil in the Garden of Eden. Both gardeners suffer a fall: Adam In Eden and Giovanni in the story.