Aminadab can also be known as “the grunt or growl of a brute” who worked in the laboratory that can be located in Aylmer’s basement, the location also holds the furnace which explains why Aminadab always cantina the sootiness (Rosenburg 147). Aminadab sees Georgiana’s beauty but does not tell Aylmer of what will happen if he removes the birth-mark, instead at the end of the story he gives out a chuckle towards Aylmer for his plunder (Walsh 259).
In the ultimate battle between man versus nature, nature will always come out on top. The desire for perfection not only kills Aylmer’s beloved Georgiana, but the desire also creates a fixation that prevents him from seeing the beauty in his wife. Aylmer’s obsession with the pigmy sized, hand shaped birth-mark on Georgiana’s face will result in the down fall of man, a victory for nature, in addition to a good laugh for the