The story I will be exploring thoroughly is “The Birth-Mark” by Hawthorne. I will be going over the absolute marvelous text itself, and will later write in response to the symbolism in the story.
Let us start off with a major symbol in the story “The Birth-Mark”. The actual birthmark is a huge symbol, the birthmark represents nature itself. I come to recognize that the birthmark was, in fact, the major symbolism based on several factors. First, let's start at the beginning, the story essentially is about a man named Aylmer and a woman named Georgiana, both individuals are perfect. Aylmer is a man of science and he represents that as well; furthermore, Georgianna is women of nature. Combined together in a relationship they both are a great match and could have potentially been the symbol of happiness. However, it was not was possible they cannot due to one major thing that keeps getting in the way. It is the formed from Aylmer's ambition and devotion to science and Georgiana equal ambition and devotion to Aylmer. …show more content…
As for Georgiana, the flaw is the birthmark. As Aylmer comes to the conclusion to remove the birthmark using science, we start to see a glimpse of Aylmer obsession with a simple question, “has it never occurred to you that the mark upon your cheek might be removed” (Hawthorne 220) and his eagerness to have power over nature began to
Let us start off with a major symbol in the story “The Birth-Mark”. The actual birthmark is a huge symbol, the birthmark represents nature itself. I come to recognize that the birthmark was, in fact, the major symbolism based on several factors. First, let's start at the beginning, the story essentially is about a man named Aylmer and a woman named Georgiana, both individuals are perfect. Aylmer is a man of science and he represents that as well; furthermore, Georgianna is women of nature. Combined together in a relationship they both are a great match and could have potentially been the symbol of happiness. However, it was not was possible they cannot due to one major thing that keeps getting in the way. It is the formed from Aylmer's ambition and devotion to science and Georgiana equal ambition and devotion to Aylmer. …show more content…
As for Georgiana, the flaw is the birthmark. As Aylmer comes to the conclusion to remove the birthmark using science, we start to see a glimpse of Aylmer obsession with a simple question, “has it never occurred to you that the mark upon your cheek might be removed” (Hawthorne 220) and his eagerness to have power over nature began to