The Birthmark Essay

Aspects of Romantic Literature in “The Birthmark” Throughout history perfection has always been a quality many have strived to achieve. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a prominent Dark Romantic author, whom during the nineteenth century wrote a short story about a brilliant scientist, Aylmer, and his beautiful wife, Georgiana. Aylmer possessed, as any newly wed would, a strong love for his wife. However, she had a small birthmark on the side of her left cheek the size of a small fairy’s handprint, which

The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a dark romantic short story based in the nineteenth century. The short story highlights the relationship between Aylmer and Georgiana as well as the dynamics of the different personality types between the two. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Aylmer as well as Georgiana an example of tragic flaws to further the conflict in the story. A tragic flaw is a literary device found within The Birthmark. “Tragic flaw is a literary device that can be defined as a trait in a

“The Birthmark,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, uses symbolism, foreshadowing, and character development. Nathaniel Hawthorne shows how the smallest imperfections can change how others view a character. Hawthorne uses a negative factor of science and technology to show Georgina's flaws. Hawthorne also shows how human imperfection cannot be perfected. Hawthorne uses symbolism to show human imperfections. Georgiana's birthmark symbolizes mortality. Hawthorne shows us that every little thing is flawed in

order to provide depth and complexity to his characters. There are several symbols used within this story but one that is central to the development of the main character is the birthmark. The birthmark, small and red, in the shape of a hand is located on the check of Georgiana the wife of Aylmer a noted scientist. This birthmark is the means in which Hawthorne is able to address the internal conflict residing within Aylmer concerning human mortality, the imperfections produced by nature and his deluded

The birthmark symbolizes being mortal, or mortality. The narrator use the birthmark as a leeway to show that everything, and everyone, has flaws. No one is perfect, and even though you might not have a birthmark, or something that sets you off and makes you different from someone else there's still no one in this world that is the same as you. It doesn't just have to be an external flaw though, you can have internal flaws as well. If you're rude, selfish, and uncaring then that's a flaw too, and

destroy his ability to perceive nature’s beauty. In this text, Georgiana and her birthmark represent nature, and culture is represented by Aylmer. Culture has taught men to question the flaws of women that they once found intriguing, therefore Aylmer is challenging nature when he tries to remove it. Aylmer is so wrapped up in this culture that he treats Georgiana as property. Her opinion about the removal of the birthmark was of little concern to him. Therefore, culture asserts that it is not only a

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

story “The Birthmark”, centers around a woman named Georgiana and her husband Aylmer. Georgiana is the story’s protagonist. She is described as incredibly beautiful, almost perfect, except for her one flaw; a birthmark on her cheek. This birthmark is the cause of Aylmer’s distain towards his wife because it is the hindrance to her perfection. When Aylmer first mentions possibly removing the birthmark, Georgiana is hurt. Often referred to as a “charm” by others, she doesn’t view her birthmark as a burden

The Perfectly Imperfect Scar Have you ever strived to be an embodiment of perfectionism? Although there are few simple symbols in the story the The Birthmark that have conveyed such a deep intensive,meaning to them. The symbols used in the story The Birthmark is the Georgiana´s physical birthmark,and the science lab where Aylmer Georgiana husband does all his experiments. ¨ "Perfect" is not the only work ¨ (Keetley). Through the use of the physical mark and the lab, Nathaniel Hawthorne warns readers

In the short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” and “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Georgiana and Beatrice are, in their respective short stories, pure because they each have one flaw. Also, in their respective short stories, Aylmer and Giovanni are flawed in their obsession with the one imperfection in their woman of interest. In “The Birthmark,” Aylmer wishes to rid Georgiana of her birthmark, which is a red, handprint-shaped birthmark on her face, “a crimson stain upon the snow” (11). In