How Does Nathaniel Hawthorne Present The Story Of A Beautiful Woman

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Most of the people are beautiful in different ways, but the way people see and judge others can change everything on a person, including their way of seeing themselves. Nathaniel Hawthorne present the story of a beautiful women dealing with this type of problem the judgment of others, which in her case the only one who did not like her birthmark was her husband. Georgiana's story is not different from any other women of that time, they had to be the perfect wife, the flawless women for their husbands, the one who does everything the husband said just to make him happy.

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