'Perfection In The Birthmark' By Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a 19th century story that demonstrates that people are obsessed with perfection. Perfection does not exist in the human world because everything has flaws. “The Birthmark” is a story about a man named Aylmer that is disturbed by the birthmark of his beautiful wife, Georgiana. He wants to remove the birthmark because he thinks that the birthmark is an awful imperfection that will make his wife look hideous. It also shows that Aylmer is self-centered because Georgiana gave in to satisfy his interests, even though he often fails at every experiment he conducts. Nathaniel Hawthorne writes about how obsession over a tiny imperfection leads to physically and emotionally harming a loved one.