Mark In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” he focuses on two main characters‚ Georgiana‚ a beautiful woman with a “crimson… mark… on her left cheek [in the shape of a] human hand” (Hawthorne 6)‚ and Georgiana’s husband‚ Aylmer‚ which is very obsessed with Georgiana’s birthmark. Hawthorne focuses on these two characters due to the great significance they both have with the mark on Georgiana’s face. In the novel‚ Aylmer wants to remove Georgiana’s birthmark because he believes that the mark ruins
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them to hold their feelings in. Especially when characters face an emotional breakdown and let their pent up feelings out. In “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hawthorne shows Georgiana’s internal conflict‚ and her emotional distress by saying‚ “‘Shocks you‚ my
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The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story The Birthmark‚ the narrator introduces us to Aylmer‚ a brilliant scientist who spent his life studying nature extensively to the detriment of his own personal life. His wife‚ Georgiana‚ has been marked with a small‚ red birthmark on her cheek that most men found attractive all her life. Aylmer only sees this birthmark as a flaw and his desire for perfection can only result in death for Georgiana because becoming an ideal
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Psychoanalysis of Aylmer in “The Birthmark” In pop culture‚ obsessive-compulsive disorder‚ or OCD‚ is often used as a synonym for a “neat-freak” or Type-A perfectionist. However‚ the roots of this mental disorder originate in the human psyche. According to Dr. Wayne Goodman‚ a professor of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai‚ “The symptoms of OCD symbolize the patient’s unconscious struggle for control over drives that are unacceptable at a conscious level.” Because literature
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The Birthmark shows allegory meaning the characters are symbols that represent something. For an example‚ Alymer is what a dependent mind might be and the dangers of scientists. He believes that the world is flawless; that everything is perfect. His obsession with perfection got worse when he married Georgina. The small birthmark on her cheek made Alymer so desperate to remove it. He thinks about it a lot‚ “With the morning twilight Aylmer opened his eyes upon his wife’s face and recognized the symbol
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“The Artist of the Beautiful”‚ and “The Birthmark”. Hawthorne’s writings often reflected romantics’ beliefs in nature and contained his message about science and man’s quest for perfection. An example where these ideas are shown‚ are in Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark”. In this story‚ a scientist named Aylmer grows tired of his beautiful wife’s birthmark and asks her if she would remove it. Although his wife stated that she does not mind the birthmark‚ Aylmer obsessively detest it to a point
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Big Black Good Man Literary Response The fiction story Big black Good Man written by Richard Wright depicts the meeting of an older man named Olaf Jenson and a young sailor named Jim at a motel lobby by the sea port on an August night in Copenhagen. Olaf‚ once a sailor himself is now a soon-to-be sixty year old middle class motel concierge. One night‚ while Olaf is attending to his duties at the front as he does every night Jim comes in seeking a room. Olaf‚ as mentioned before is a former sailor
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Modern Relevance of “The Birthmark” “The Birthmark” is a fable created by Hawthorne that conveys his viewpoint towards the use of science to contradict the laws of nature. The fable also includes commentary on the depiction of men and women in society‚ along with their presumed roles. Both of these themes in my opinion are even more relevant today than when the story was written. Hawthorne disapproves of science used as a tool to tamper with living beings‚ for they are not meant to be perfect
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be a good man in this day and age is to just take care of your responsibility’s and lead by a good example of those looking up to you. Learn how to walk away from certain things and not let everything get you upset. Age does not make you a man there are plenty of 18 year old who claim to be men but don’t have the mental attributes altogether in order to be considered a man. In the play Macbeth . Macbeth was a brave and fierce soldier. But that itself did not necessarily make him a good man ‚ However
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perfect day of your life: The sun is shining‚ birds are singing‚ you just won the lottery and are heading to the prize center to claim your prize. When suddenly a powerful gust swoops past you robbing the ticket from your palms. The short story: A Man Who Had No Eyes by author Mackinlay Kantor follows that same example and speaks about misfortune and how it shapes a person. Challenges spawned by adversity‚ misfortune and past events hold enough power shape your perception whether that may be for better
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