Rappaccini's Daughter
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"Rappaccini's Daughter" is a Gothic short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of science, morality, and forbidden love through the tale of a young woman rendered poisonous by her father's experiments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rappaccini's Daughter canonical | 3 |
| Rappaccini’s Daughter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2021570 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rappaccini's Daughter Context triple: [Mosses from an Old Manse, hasPart, Rappaccini's Daughter]
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A.
The Cenci
The Cenci is a tragic verse drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, based on the historical story of the Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci and renowned for its exploration of tyranny, corruption, and moral revolt.
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B.
The Marble Faun
The Marble Faun is a romantic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne set in Italy that explores themes of art, guilt, and moral ambiguity through the intertwined lives of four expatriates.
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C.
Gaspard de la nuit
Gaspard de la nuit is a notoriously difficult three-movement piano suite by Maurice Ravel, inspired by Aloysius Bertrand’s dark, fantastical prose poems.
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D.
The Awakening of Adonis
The Awakening of Adonis is a mythological painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts the goddess Venus rousing her mortal lover Adonis, rendered in the artist’s characteristic Pre-Raphaelite-inspired style of romantic, detailed, and atmospheric storytelling.
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E.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum is a Gothic short story that follows a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition facing psychological terror and a gruesome mechanical execution device.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rappaccini's Daughter Target entity description: "Rappaccini's Daughter" is a Gothic short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of science, morality, and forbidden love through the tale of a young woman rendered poisonous by her father's experiments.
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A.
The Cenci
The Cenci is a tragic verse drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, based on the historical story of the Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci and renowned for its exploration of tyranny, corruption, and moral revolt.
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B.
The Marble Faun
The Marble Faun is a romantic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne set in Italy that explores themes of art, guilt, and moral ambiguity through the intertwined lives of four expatriates.
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C.
Gaspard de la nuit
Gaspard de la nuit is a notoriously difficult three-movement piano suite by Maurice Ravel, inspired by Aloysius Bertrand’s dark, fantastical prose poems.
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D.
The Awakening of Adonis
The Awakening of Adonis is a mythological painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts the goddess Venus rousing her mortal lover Adonis, rendered in the artist’s characteristic Pre-Raphaelite-inspired style of romantic, detailed, and atmospheric storytelling.
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E.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum is a Gothic short story that follows a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition facing psychological terror and a gruesome mechanical execution device.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American literature work
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Gothic fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
opera
ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| antagonist | Giacomo Rappaccini ⓘ |
| author | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
corruption of innocence
ⓘ
forbidden love ⓘ isolation ⓘ science and morality ⓘ the conflict between nature and artifice ⓘ the dangers of unchecked scientific experimentation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exploresTheme |
the hubris of the scientist
ⓘ
the objectification of women in scientific pursuits ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
poisonous garden
ⓘ
poisonous heroine ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Democratic Review
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surface form:
The United States Magazine and Democratic Review
|
| genre |
Gothic fiction
ⓘ
dark romanticism ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion | whether scientific progress justifies human suffering ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForRappaccini | pursuit of scientific knowledge ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | tragic ending ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
poisonous plants
ⓘ
purple flower ⓘ walled garden ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Mosses from an Old Manse ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Commedia dell'Arte motifs ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | later Gothic and dark romantic works ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Beatrice Rappaccini
ⓘ
Giacomo Rappaccini ⓘ Giovanni Guasconti ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| protagonist | Giovanni Guasconti ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1844 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Padua ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
American literature courses
ⓘ
Gothic literature courses ⓘ |
| supportingCharacter |
Elisabeta
ⓘ
surface form:
Lisabetta
Pietro Baglioni ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Beatrice Rappaccini ⓘ |
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Subject: Rappaccini's Daughter Description of subject: "Rappaccini's Daughter" is a Gothic short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of science, morality, and forbidden love through the tale of a young woman rendered poisonous by her father's experiments.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Rappaccini’s Daughter