Rappaccini's Daughter

What is the author's style in Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

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The language the author uses in the story changes depending on the setting and the characters within the scene. The author describes anything to do with the garden with color, life and romance. For example, the author describes the garden's fountain as an "immortal spirit that sung its song unceasingly"; and the purple flower is "so resplendent that it seemed enough to illuminate the garden, even had there been no sunshine." Though the reader later hears the garden is full of poisonous plants, the author gives the impression that the garden itself is innocent. As he says of the plants: "all have their individual virtues."