How Does Aylmer Exemplify The Unpardonable Sin?
How Does Aylmer Exemplify The Unpardonable Sin? Like the scientist Rappaccini, who poisons his daughter to make her beautiful, Aylmer commits the Hawthornian unpardonable sin: he allows his zealous desire for scientific perfect to overtake his humanity. What does Aylmer represent? Aylmer’s journals reveal that he considers his greatest achievements worthless in comparison to his