Rappaccini's Daughter

What are the motifs in Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

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The story comments on society's obsession with innocence and keeping people in a state of innocence. From the beginning, Lisabetta celebrates the arrival of an innocent young Giovanni by stating "Holy Virgin, signor." She is genuinely happy to have a young man in the house, telling him if he finds her house too gloomy, he can stick his head out of the window to feel the sun.