lizbv There is an additional
underlying theme that goes beyond good vs. evil that considers the idea of feminist gender
theory which claims that females in literature exist as one of two characters: the Eve figure,
or evil temptress such as that portrayed in the Garden of Eden, or the Mary figure, the angelic
motherly type. Beatrice stands as an embodiment of both in that she is truly a Mary in that she
is good and innocent in her intentions, but her poisonous side (created in he by her father
Rappaccini) is representative of the evil seductress Eve. Beatrice, therefore, demonstrates how
a woman can be a representation of good and evil simultaneously. This also raises the question
of whether any woman can be wholly good or wholly evil.]]>
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