Over-Preoccupation Of Self-Image In The Birthmark By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people’s expectations, then you can go mad."– Benedict Cumberbatch. It is very easy to be preoccupated by people opinion toward oneself. Many people have their life guides by others' opinions of them, and it leads them to some poor choices that will affect their futures. We allow others to have an impact on our self-image because we want to be love, and we want to belong to a social group.

"The Birthmark" is a short story written by Hawthorne Nathaniel and published in 1843. It narrates the story of Aylmer, a scientist, who wants to remove a birthmark from her wife's cheek. Most men consider Georgiana's birthmark attractive in contrast to women that think it makes a perfect

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