Perfection In The Birthmark

titled "The Birthmark" left many feminist activist outraged by the way Aylmer, a renowned scientist, treated Georgiana, his beautiful wife. In "The Birthmark" Aylmer put aside his passion for science (so it seemed) to find a wife to wed. Soon after the marriage Aylmer’s disgust for a tiny hand shaped birthmark begins and only manifest as time progresses till he can't bear the site of it anymore and shudders when he sees it. Georgiana soon succumbs to this disgust and grows to hate the birthmark as well

to go in order to reach the idea of perfection, and how does this desire affect their physical and emotional state? In the gothic story “The Birthmark”, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Georgiana is a beautiful woman who marries a mad scientist named Aylmer. Her husband views her as perfection except for the small red handprint looking birthmark on her left cheek. He always stares at the small hand and then proceeds to manipulate the way she views her birthmark. Georgiana eventually gives in and allows

Why is it foolish to strive for perfection? Why is it that society itself strives to be perfect? After reading “The Birthmark.” you may already know the answer to such a question as this. However there are many reasons and sides to this story that tell you many different things. Before reading this story, you probably thought that you aren't perfect, and you strived to become this, “perfect image.” you thought that there wouldn't be consequences because you or someone else tried to be perfect. In

“As the last crimson tint of the birthmark-that sole token of human imperfection-faded from her cheek, the parting breath of the now perfect woman passed into the atmosphere and her soul” (Hawthorne 358). In the short story “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne a scientist in the latter part of the last century named Aylmer is obsessed with perfection. Many men in the town believe that Georgiana is perfect, however Aylmer can’t seem to look past this birthmark because he believes it is an imperfection

The story "The Birthmark," by Nathaniel Hawthorne is told in a third person point of view and the setting takes place sometime in Europe where the characters Aylmer, Georgiana and Aminadab are introduced. Aylmer, is a scientist who is obsessed with the concept of perfection and altering nature. Aminadab is Aylmer’s assistant and is described as a hulking and strong normal man and Georgiana, is Aylmer’s beautiful wife who has a red birthmark that resembles a tiny hand and resides on her left cheek

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Birthmark, clearly shows how the need for perfection can obscure the presence

Is it foolish to try to achieve perfection? if it not, could it means you have change to try to be perfect In ¨The Birthmark¨ Nathaniel Hawthorne believes it is foolish to strive for perfection. In the story ¨The Birthmark¨ the main character Aylmer think a lot his wife but he see one flaw that starts to drive him crazy.It made his wife think it was a bad thing. This makes him see one flaw with her and he does not see the rest of her.Aylmer is basically wasting his time not even enjoying the time

the dangers of seeking perfection. This is done in “The Birthmark,” a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and in Oryx and Crake, a novel by Margaret Atwood. Both works contain scientists who aim to reach the unattainable goal of “perfection.” With these two characters, Hawthorne and Atwood warn readers that trying to perfect humankind will ultimately affect humanity and that, once they go too far, humanity itself will be almost, if not totally, eliminated. In “The Birthmark,” the main character Aylmer

Each person suffers with the unattainable idea of perfection today as well as during romantic times. An example of this constant struggle is included in the overarching theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne's, "The Birthmark". Hawthorne explains the theme that reaching an idea of perfection is impossible. Throughout the story Aylmer, the husband of Georgiana, tries to rid her of a blemish that is on the left cheek of her face. Aylmer is not the most successful scientist, but tries his hardest to improve his

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” a man becomes obsessed with “fixing” his new wife’s birthmark, finding it offensive. The story follows Aylmer as he spirals into hatred for the birthmark upon his wife Georgiana’s cheek and his subsequent obsession with finding a scientific remedy for it. A theme that carries throughout the story is how nature, in Georgiana’s infinite wisdom, will mark what would then by absolute perfection. The narrator not only does it separate Nature from humanity

Throughout Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark”, the impossibility of perfection in this world, and yet how close to perfection Georgiana is, is a recurring theme, especially in this passage. There is no way to be human and yet so perfect in such an imperfect world. Therefore, she is an angel, sent down from the heavens to find a pure human who could love not for beauty, but unconditionally, and prove the worth of humanity. It is impossible to be truly perfect on this world, and human lives are finite. It

She had a hand shaped birthmark on her cheek. Her husband Aylmer who is a scientist, wanted to make her wife perfect by removing the birthmark. He could have a happy life with beautiful Georgiana without changing her. But he wanted to remove this as the birthmark used to shock him. He said “….. you came so nearly perfect from whether to term a defect or a beauty, shocks me, as being the visible

lead to an obsessive state of mind. A perfect example is “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story revolves around the character of Aylmer, a brilliant scientist, and his wife Georgiana, who possesses a small birthmark on her cheek that Aylmer finds repulsive. Aylmer becomes consumed by the idea of removing the birthmark, believing it to be a flaw that detracts from Georgiana's perfection. Aylmer believes he can achieve perfection through his scientific experiments and convinces Georgiana to

In this short story “The Birthmark”, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1843, focuses on a devoted scientist that is persistent on removing this unique birthmark from his wife’s, Georgianna’s face. Around this time in the 18th century scientific discoveries became very popular. In comparison, scientist in this era were infatuated with the theory of science and nature and how it can change things. Alymer is 100% committed to his work ethic in his science lab where he conducts different experiments

a thing as perfection? Many people believe so and attempt to pursue it. For some, it is there downfall and for others it leads to success. Billionaires in today’s society are where they are because of the pursuit of perfection. Few poor people are struggling because they have spent the majority of their life pursuing perfection. In the stories The Birthmark, Essays. Mirrors, and To Hell with Inner Beauty depict the dangers of pursuing perfection. In the story, The Birthmark the pursuit