Rapaccini's Daughter was one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most popular works, written in 1844. Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals a character's personality, without good execution, the author would not present the characters in an intriguing manor. In Rappaccini's Daughter, there is a significant amount of characterization to qualify for well-rounded characters by the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Rappaccini's Daughter is not made up of many characters but each of them contains an interesting characterization. Giovanni Guascounti is a young Neapolitan who moved to attend school in Padua. Giovanni fell in love with Beatrice and became the subject of one of Dr. Rappaccini's experiments. In the story it is exclaimed that Giovanni's window is tall and overlooks the garden, which may suggest his perspective on light and darkness in Beatrice. Giovanni is the young protagonist, so he found Beatrice, immediately beautiful, who could declare his weakness towards women, not excluding her. When Giovanni first realized that Beatrice was dangerous, he discarded his thoughts about any truth. In the end, he comes to terms with the facts but worries about himself. Giovanni calls Beatrice a “poisonous thing,” and makes him feel like “a creature as hateful, ugly, repugnant, and deadly as she is.” However, at the end of the story, Giovanni's selfishness diminishes and turns into a complete love for Beatrice. As a result, he gives her an antidote in the hope that it can reverse the poison in her and allow her to live a love-filled life with him. As is known, this hope did not materialize. Youth in love should have been the way Giovanni and Beatrice behaved, but it was simply curiosity, lust and... middle of paper... he was trying to help a friend or if his plan to get his in Beatrice was looking for disorder. If disorder was his goal then Baglioni was an ineffective Christ. The story suggests how evil is present everywhere and, like poison, society is unaware of how it is leading man towards a slow death. Hawthorne concludes with a reference to the writings of the fictional writer "Monsieur Aubépine", named after the French hawthorn plant. Simultaneously praise and criticize the author's style and intent. This introduction aims to set a tone of uncertainty and confusion, distancing expectations; establishing the theme of perception in reality and fantasy. Rappaccini Daughter was undoubtedly the story with the most convoluted plot and all the characters all have a sinister side to show. However, it was well written and entertaining for anyone who loves confusion and sinister plots.