Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Did Baglioni know that the antidote would kill Beatrice?

It is unclear whether
or not Baglioni knows that his antidote would kill Beatrice. On the one hand, when he sees her
die after drinking it, he calls out "with horror," asking Dr. Rappaccini if his
daughter's demise is the final outcome of his experiment. The fact that his voice contains
anything like horror makes it sound as though the outcome was not exactly what he expected.
Further, the...

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