With pleasure; gladly.

Hawthorne's description of the mansion are all dark sounding, yet whenever he describes the garden it is that of beauty and happiness. This is ironic in the fact that, although the plants are beautiful, we know that they are poisonous.

Is Baglioni lying about Rappaccini? If there is a professional warfare going on between them, of course Baglioni would have nothing nice to say about the other scientist.

His experiments are worth more than human life, it's almost like he doesn't even view his experiment subjects as humans with lives.

This description of Doctor Rappaccini shows that he is certainly a brilliant scientist, however, it also seems that he might be unethical in his experiments and he must have killed people in some of his experiments?

Doctor Rappaccini must not be liked within the scientific community.

full of happiness and joy

friendly

Beatrice almost considers this particular plant a sister?

The description of the garden seems to fit with Hawthorne's use of contradictions thus far in the story. The flowers in the garden are beautiful but Giovanni is noticing the gardener's demeanor is almost frightful of the plants leading Giovanni to believe there is something wrong with the plants.

I found multiple meanings of this word, does anyone know exactly which meaning pertains to vicissitudes in this context?

Contradicts the earlier sentence, while the fountain itself is in ruins it still flows and sparkles.

This is again setting up a tone of gloominess and desolation with the ruins of what once was a nice marble fountain.

wealthy

Who are the saints in this context?

Lisabetta is trying to give the home, or chamber, a brighter feel rather than what is then assumed to be a gloomy atmosphere in the mansion.This seems to be setting up a mood for the mansion that they are in.

A design or image depicted on a shield

God wasn't controlling what was happening to all of these people, it was the German military.

Maybe she is speaking from her emotions as a child growing up with a German soldier. I would imagine children would feel unable to talk to and fear their father back in that day especially if he is part of the military.

Not a real word?

What is "it"?

Perhaps she was afraid to speak, she "could never talk"

What does she mean by a bag full of God?

I think that the fly is brought up because it shows that we may have a grand idea of what happens when we die but instead it could be exactly the opposite of what we might think hence the fly buzzing around after she has passed away.

I'm not sure at all how to interpret the meaning of this stanza?

The way that I view this particular part is that the narrator is waiting for the moment after death to see God (not necessarily a particular God) or the "King."

To place between, intervene, obstruct.

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