Pietro Baglioni

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Pietro Baglioni is a shrewd and skeptical physician and professor in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” serving as a foil to the scientist Rappaccini and a manipulative influence on the protagonist, Giovanni.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
foil character
literary character
physician
supporting character
university professor
advises Giovanni Guasconti NERFINISHED
appearsIn Rappaccini’s Daughter NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre Gothic fiction NERFINISHED
romantic literature
associatedWithTheme corruption of innocence
manipulation
rivalry in science
science and morality
characterInWork Rappaccini’s Daughter NERFINISHED
short story Rappaccini’s Daughter NERFINISHED
createdBy Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork academic medicine
medicine
firstPublicationContext Rappaccini’s Daughter, first published in 1844
gender male
hasRival Giacomo Rappaccini NERFINISHED
hasStudent Giovanni Guasconti NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
literaryFunction critique of unethical experimentation
embodiment of conventional science
nameInOriginalLanguage Pietro Baglioni NERFINISHED
narrativeRole catalyst for the story’s tragic outcome
nationality Italian
occupation physician
professor of medicine
opposes Giacomo Rappaccini’s experimental methods
personalityTrait cunning
manipulative
pragmatic
shrewd
skeptical
residence Padua NERFINISHED
roleInNarrative antagonistic influence on Giovanni Guasconti
foil to Giacomo Rappaccini
mentor figure to Giovanni Guasconti
warns Giovanni Guasconti about Rappaccini NERFINISHED

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