Giovanni sees
    "the ruin of a marble fountain in the centre [of the garden], sculptured with rare art, but
    so wofully shattered that it was impossible to trace the original design from the chaos of
    remaining fragments.  The water, however, continued to gush and sparkle in to the sunbeams as
    cheerfully as ever."  It inspires Giovanni with a sense that it is an "immortal
    spirit," which sings its song without ceasing or taking any notice of the comings and
    goings of life around it.  We might interpret this fountain and its "immortal spirit"
    as symbolic of God, a God who watches the world become more and more corrupt around him and yet
    does...
Thursday, February 10, 2011
What are three symbols in "Rappaccini's Daughter"?
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