Death Or Perfection In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Birthmark

Death or Perfection Has time changed over several years or do we still think the same? Are imperfections worse on the physical being of a person or the inner soul? Physical attributes were as much important hundreds of years as now. Becoming obsessed and uncomfortable with the way one looks has given scientist a way to mold perfection. Is it worse changing to please ourselves because we need to or doing it to please our significant other because he has become so consumed with perfection, vanity and defects? How is it that one criticizes others small imperfections and not notice how they themselves look and how "the hand of nature" has not been so generous to them either. Inner beauty, is not seen but felt; perfection is not the same
It seems that Aylmer himself is not sure and needs assurance for him. For example, Hawthorne writes, "I would not wrong either you or myself by working such inharmonious effects upon our lives" (2445). Aylmer reassures Georgiana not to worry but to trust him; that he would not do anything to harm her or himself. Aylmer tries to play the role of creator, but fails his wife. The powers that Aylmer thinks he holds because of science are merely just experiments without definite conclusions. Aylmer has become so evil and obsessed that his love for science makes him make a crucial mistake with the potion for Georgiana. After drinking the potion, and after every breath, Georgiana was losing life and dying. Georgiana says, "Aylmer, dearest Aylmer, I am Dying!" (2450). She was dying. Insisting that a birthmark was imperfection defect that what once considered a charm; the vanity of a person who thought his hands could change what nature created. All this because Aylmer wanted to dominate what he thought science could alter; the result, death of a perfect wife, who would to anything to please her