Throughout history the idea or perception what is beauty has changed drastically decade over decade. In the 1700’s, for example beauty was considered when the female had thick black, brown hair, their mouth was small with a sort of rose tint, the skin should be white, with a pinkish tint in order to tell that the female was healthy. Compared to today where beauty is considered plump full lips, long thick hair, and a voluptuous, curvy body. Those who have this kind of beauty are considered very important in society and are looked up especially with new generations of …show more content…
In the beginning, there 's optimism when Aylmer finally halts his research and put his time and energy into his marriage. Pessimism then plays throughout the rest of the story since Aylmer begins to compare his wife to his research and attempts to “fix” her in the end. Georgiana holds an optimistic view hoping that maybe Aylmer can learn to love her with all her flaws. Her optimistic attitude is broken and destroyed when Aylmer doesn’t relent her on her birthmark and even persuades her to change herself because she does not conform to his idea of perfection. The story finally ends on a pessimistic attitude when Georgiana dies because of Aylmer fixation with her