Science can lead the world into many places, it can either lead them to a longer life or it can lead to a quick death. The short story “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story where a scientist Aylmer creates a chemical that removes the birthmark but kills Georgiana during the chemical process. For something trivial as in trying to remove a birthmark, it can unexpectedly create advancements in science. Aylmer’s experiment does go too far with the scientific boundaries, but he creates an opportunity to learn from mistakes made in his experiments.
Aylmer’s experiments can be justified if his wife survived the experiment. To paraphrase Aylmer’s actions throughout the story, he detects “a healthy delicate bloom… a tint of deeper crimson, …show more content…
Aylmer produced a chemical that can remove birthmarks, however, there is the slight chance of the consumer dying in the process of removing the chemical. This marks the experiment as a success because Aylmer accomplished his goal but it came with an unexpected side effect which is the death of his wife. If Aylmer continues on going through experiments with his chemical and goes through testing on people who have birthmarks imagine on how many deaths will occur if Aylmer does not find the perfect chemical. This is an extremely unethical experiment because it could cause the lives of multiple people in order to make a chemical to remove birthmarks. When Aylmer develops a chemical that can remove birthmarks it will create a mark in the history of science and beauty. And beauty, he removes the birthmark because he thought it was an imperfection of nature on his perfect wife’s face. Also keep in mind that if Aylmer continues to go through experiments it is only something trivial as in trying to remove a birthmark which could either be a mere mark or a sign of a disease. Even on page two on “The Birthmark” women were jealous over the birthmark and men were attracted to the birthmark, but Aylmer tried to play God and attempted to make his wife as perfect as he can in his image. This proves the moral motives of why Aylmer went too far on perfecting his wife. Although if Georgiana
Aylmer’s experiments can be justified if his wife survived the experiment. To paraphrase Aylmer’s actions throughout the story, he detects “a healthy delicate bloom… a tint of deeper crimson, …show more content…
Aylmer produced a chemical that can remove birthmarks, however, there is the slight chance of the consumer dying in the process of removing the chemical. This marks the experiment as a success because Aylmer accomplished his goal but it came with an unexpected side effect which is the death of his wife. If Aylmer continues on going through experiments with his chemical and goes through testing on people who have birthmarks imagine on how many deaths will occur if Aylmer does not find the perfect chemical. This is an extremely unethical experiment because it could cause the lives of multiple people in order to make a chemical to remove birthmarks. When Aylmer develops a chemical that can remove birthmarks it will create a mark in the history of science and beauty. And beauty, he removes the birthmark because he thought it was an imperfection of nature on his perfect wife’s face. Also keep in mind that if Aylmer continues to go through experiments it is only something trivial as in trying to remove a birthmark which could either be a mere mark or a sign of a disease. Even on page two on “The Birthmark” women were jealous over the birthmark and men were attracted to the birthmark, but Aylmer tried to play God and attempted to make his wife as perfect as he can in his image. This proves the moral motives of why Aylmer went too far on perfecting his wife. Although if Georgiana