Beatrice can be seen as a pawn of the men because she makes relatively few decisions for herself in the story; most of the story's action takes place as a result of her father's and Giovanni's choices. For example, her father, we learn at the end of the story, has essentially orchestrated the entire relationship between his daughter and Giovanni. He never consulted her, he only spied on her as a means to understanding her...
Beatrice can be seen as a pawn of the men because she makes relatively few decisions for herself in the story; most of the story's action takes place as a result of her father's and Giovanni's choices. For example, her father, we learn at the end of the story, has essentially orchestrated the entire relationship between his daughter and Giovanni. He never consulted her, he only spied on her as a means to understanding her feelings for the young stranger.
Moreover, Giovanni, after he learns that he has become almost as poisonous as Beatrice is, cannot simply stay in this strange Eden with the woman he loves. He has to change her, and so he asks her -- in order to prove her love and honesty -- to drink the antidote Professor Baglioni gave him that will change her nature, irrevocably changing her from the woman he fell in love with. Although, I suppose one could wonder if he really was in love with her if it was so easy for him to turn on her. Giovanni could have drunk the antidote first, to make sure it was safe, but he manipulated her feelings with his suspicion so that she would volunteer to go first.
For these reasons, even if she doesn't realize it, Beatrice is usually acting as a part of someone else's plan, someone else's experiment or goal.
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