Story :
In "Rappaccini's Daughter," Hawthorne has created a carefully-constructed allegory for the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, but with one significant twist: the gender roles of the
two major characters, Adam and Eve, are switched. In Hawthorne's version, Giovanni represents Eve and Beatrice represents Adam, with Rappaccini and Baglioni filling the roles of God and Satan, respectively.
In "Rappaccini" the opposite is true, it is Giovanni who brings the source of the couple's downfall (the potion) into the garden and provides Beatrice with it. It is Giovanni, not Beatrice, who represents Eve in this tale.
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