Walsh brings to light the significance of the name that Hawthorne chooses for his minor character in “The Birth-Mark”. The name Hawthorne chooses is comparable to “Aminadav” which in Hebrew means “my nation is noble” (Walsh). “Aminadab is referenced twelve times in the bible” which represents the spirituality of the “mortal” character and better explains Aylmer’s lack of “respect” for God’s law and creation (Walsh). Aylmer, while in his search for perfection “lacks wisdom”, therefore he “will die without happiness” (Walsh). Walsh suggests that Aminadab represents earthly nature and naturalism which is not perfect, while Aylmer blindly professes to alter God’s creation and fails miserably. In Aylmer’s attempt to be “the hands of God”, he
