With Beatrice having drank the antidote, Giovanni pondered what lies ahead. This was the thought going through Giovanni’s mind after Beatrice fell to the ground. As different scenarios played through his head he could not help but wonder what was really going to happen. After seeing Beatrice die at my feet Giovanni was at a loss for words. My whole world seemed to be shaken, and I knew that I could not live without …showed first 75 words of 1027 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1027 total…different ways this story could end and I think that was Nathaniel Hawthorne’s point all along. With ending the story the way he did he is able to get people wondering about how they think it will end and what will happen to Giovanni. He is a great author because he knows how to get people to think about what is really going on and what is going to happen next in his stories.