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In the short story, “The Birth-Mark” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne the character’s obsession with outward beauty and perfection ended tragically. The desire to change their outward appearance is very similar to society’s today. Man is constantly challenging the bounds and realms of science to improve the quality of life. In the story,” The Birth-Mark”, Aylmer the mad scientist, attempts to fix what nature deformed through science. Aylmer’s god like complex, challenges the limits of science to…

Analysis of “The Birthmark” In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark” the themes of mortality and foolishness are seen in the two characters, Alymer and Georgiana. Georgiana’s birthmark and Aylmer’s dream are both symbols that are seen in the story. The birthmark is a symbol of the mortality of mankind. In the story Alymer consistently talks down to his beautiful wife, who causes her to feel bad about herself and makes her want Alymer to fix her. The birthmark is a symbol of how…

Ignorance of Man “The Birthmark” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1843 takes place in the late 1700’s “In the latter part of the last century”. (Mays, 339) Aylmer, a scientist of philosophy and chemistry, leaves his laboratory in the care of his assistant to marry Georgiana, a beautiful woman. The story, written in third person perspective allows the reader to experience the story with their own point of view. One day, Aylmer stared at Georgina and asks her has she ever thought of having the…

“The Birthmark” In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story, “The Birthmark”, Aylmer is a crazy scientist who gave up everything to marry who was to him, the most perfect woman he has ever known which name is Georgiana. As we know, nothing is perfect in life, neither Georgiana was. From Aylmer views, Georgiana was so perfect morally and spiritually. However, Aylmer was unhappy with a little imperfection on Georgiana’s face, which makes him obsessed by such powers that he wanted to experiment on his wife…

"The Birth-Mark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, emphasizes how important standards are throughout his writing by focusing on beauty standards, psychological abuse and sacrifice. Hawthorne begins his short story by addressing the fact that Georgina has a birthmark and reveals that the main character and alchemist, Aylmer, with the help of his assistant, Aminidab, can remove it by making a potion to make his wife's imperfection disappear. Reaching out to Georgina about the birthmark and adding that he…

readers see this as Faith being afraid of being alone home alone in the dark, however this is more of a test to Goodman brown 's own faith which he fails. Instead of saying in the light With Faith he goes in the the darkness. As Brown encounters the Old traveller (devil) there is a dark Irony, the devil asks Brown why he is late, Brown replies that "Faith kept me back awhile" (1). The Irony here shows that Goodman brown was a christian man and a christian man 's faith in God is the only thing…

Nathaniel Hawthorne: Symbolism that relates to the theme in “Young Goodman Brown” In the story “Young Goodman Brown” the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism to give the story much more meaning. Through interpreting the underlying meaning of various examples of symbolism implemented by the author, the reader will be able to identify the theme and the story as a whole. Not only will the reader be able to identify and understand the theme, but they will also follow along with the story more…

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is a fictional children’s book that addressed socio-political aspects of war and over coming oppression through allusions to Christian spirituality and historical events. The conveys its messages by exploring the multiplicity of worlds. Lewis connects the fictional world of Narnia to England during World War II. In doing so, he allows the reader to connect to difficult themes on an emotional and spiritual level. In this paper, I shall discuss…

grace, and resolve the conflict of the story. The first difference between Irving and Benét’s stories is their depiction of the devil. Though both assign him the moniker “Old Scratch,” the…

There is a shockingly twist at the end of this novel that readers would be so disappointed once they read Nathaniel’s Hawthorne “The Birthmark”. There lived a man who loved science and was also a philosopher, Aylmer. He then abandoned his experiments for true love, Georgiana. Once this young couple got married, Aylmer obsessed over Georgiana’s imperfection, her tiny hand birthmark. Aylmer being a crazed scientist sees himself and feels he has the power to remove this imperfection. Georgiana…