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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Pietro Baglioni canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
foil character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
physician ⓘ
supporting character ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
advises Giovanni Guasconti ⓘ
appearsIn Rappaccini’s Daughter ⓘ
appearsInGenre Gothic fiction ⓘ
linked to: Gothic literature

romantic literature ⓘ
associatedWithTheme corruption of innocence ⓘ
manipulation ⓘ
rivalry in science ⓘ
science and morality ⓘ
characterInWork Rappaccini’s Daughter ⓘ
short story Rappaccini’s Daughter ⓘ
createdBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
fieldOfWork academic medicine ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
firstPublicationContext Rappaccini’s Daughter, first published in 1844 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasRival Giacomo Rappaccini ⓘ
hasStudent Giovanni Guasconti ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryFunction critique of unethical experimentation ⓘ
embodiment of conventional science ⓘ
nameInOriginalLanguage Pietro Baglioni ⓘ
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 ⓘ
roleInNarrative antagonistic influence on Giovanni Guasconti ⓘ
foil to Giacomo Rappaccini ⓘ
mentor figure to Giovanni Guasconti ⓘ
warns Giovanni Guasconti about Rappaccini ⓘ
linked to: Giacomo Rappaccini

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