ranscendentalist and are both victims of corrupt science. Hawthorne’s use ofnature in “Rappaccini’s Daughter” is used in the allusion to the Garden of Eden. Beatricewas poison and forbidden like the apple in the Garden of Eden. An antidote will destroypoison, therefore when Beatrice drank it, she died. The Romantic elements that both of these short stories contained included absurddramatic effects such as the rose in “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” and the butterfly in“Rappaccini’s Daughter.” They also contained works of art and mirrors to reveal truthsuch as the water from the Fountain of Youth and the garden Dr. Rappaccini created. ATranscendentalist element that both stories had was that the human spirit is reflected innature. A very important Anti-Transcendentalist element that was included in “Dr.Heidegger’s Experiment” and “Rappacinni’s Daughter” was that nature is indifferent,unforgiving, and unexplainable....
