The Birthmark
In "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character, Aylmer suggests that his wife, Georgiana should get the birthmark on her face, removed. The speaker tells us how beautiful and perfect she is but that a lot of people think the birthmark makes her less attractive. Aylmer is a scientist whom has made a lot of discoveries and explains that he can remove the birthmark with no pain or scars. Georgiana at first is angry about her husband's comment but then becomes sad and upset. During the time this was written, people had very mixed feelings about birthmarks. Aylmer shows one side of the opinions, but his assistant, Aminadab, has other opinions. There is a difference between making ...
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fact that his wife had this mark on her face. On the other hand, a lot of people thought of birthmarks as beauty marks. They believed that this mark was a symbol of beauty and a blessing that God gave that person. Overtime the opinions of birthmarks have changed. Centuries ago people had the idea that they were punishments and very ugly things. But more recently, the idea that they are actually marks of beauty, has become the norm. I believe that Aylmer asked his wife about removing the mark partly out of curiosity, wondering if she had ever considered having it removed. But I think he also asked because he did not like thinking she had committed some sort of sinful act in the past. Another theory is that he may not like being seen with her out in public. If the common opinion of people regarding birthmarks was that of a negative one, he surely did not want to be seen with someone, someone as special as his wife, who had a birthmark on their face of all places.
It is very sad that ...
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the deeper it went, all the way until he realized that it was a part of her heart. In this dream, he had an urge to keep cutting until he cut his heart out. Georgiana becomes so upset over this dream that she tells Aylmer to figure out a way to remove the birthmark, little did she know he was already working on a plan. Aylmer takes Georgiana into his laboratory where he has set up a special room for her to wait while he prepares his "potion", during the time she is waiting, we meet the third character in the story, Aminadab, Aylmer's assistant. He is a very down to earth man, who tries to show Aylmer what he is going to be missing out on whenever he removes this birthmark from his wife's ...
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