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    In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Birth-Mark‚ Aylmer‚ a scientist tries to use science in order to make his wife perfect. She has a birthmark on her left cheek that to him causes him to believe is the only thing that causes her to not be perfect. Nathaniel Hawthorne is trying to stress how people have this cultural necessity for perfection. That perfection is something people must succeed in achieving be it in a passion or even more visually. And that this sort of idealism can never lead to anything well

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    The Birthmark Symbolism

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    In the short story The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the birthmark on Georgiana’s cheek symbolizes mortality and the imperfection of human nature. According to the story‚ the narrator highlights that everything is flawed in some way‚ emphasizing that this is how nature reminds us that every living thing eventually dies. The hand shaped mark on Georgina’s cheek symbolizes the blemish on every living thing‚ the blemish that makes her mortal: “The crimson hand expressed the ineludible gripe in which

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    The Birthmark as a Symbol

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    The Birthmark as a Symbol In Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s‚ The Birthmark‚ the symbolism is quite evident of the birthmarks upon Georgiana ’s face. It represents Aylmer ’s struggles with nature and science‚ through his repeated attempts of the removal of it. This clash between science and nature illustrates the concept of man versus woman‚ through the femininity of nature and the masculine traits of the world of science. Throughout the story‚ nature is portrayed as feminine and is even present through

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    Symbolism In The Birthmark

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    In Hawthorne’s short story‚ "The Birthmark‚" he examines that nature is supposed to be imperfect and cannot be changed. Hawthorne’s main character‚ Aylmer is a static and stock character who does not change and is a mad scientist. He is determined to remove his wive’s birthmark and is in denial that nature is imperfect and not everything can be changed. Hawthorne examines the theme that nature is supposed to be imperfect he shows it through Aylmers thoughts about how nature works. Aylmer is a part

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    The Birthmark Essay

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    Have you ever tried to look or do something perfect‚ but it never turned out perfect enough? That is because it is foolish to strive for perfection‚ which is the theme of “The Birthmark”. The theme is it is foolish to strive for perfection because anything perfect on earth is unrealistic. Hawthorne has a Christian belief‚ meaning the only way to become perfect is when you die and go to heaven. In heaven‚ your mind and body is restored to its younger self and you become perfect. Aylmer is the

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    Symbolism In The Birthmark

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    Men believed they could cure and save all creatures on earth from their flaws and defects. Aylmer in Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s "The Birthmark" is one such character. Aylmer is a scientist who strives for perfection‚ so much so he believes his newly wed wife‚ Georgiana‚ would be the "ideal loveliness" if her birthmark were removed. Stacy Tartar Esch believes the birthmark in the short story is the symbol men ’s incapability to accept women as their equals. Instead‚ men need an ideal vision of what they

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    The Birthmark Identity

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    Identity in ‘The Birthmark’ and ‘Hands’ Social sciences have often dealt with the relationship between a person’s body figure and his or her self-image. In this respect‚ the sociologist Carolina González Laurino (2008: 23) claims that “la construcción social de la identidad se encuentra en estrecha relación con la auto-percepción del cuerpo.” However‚ the image an individual has of his or her own figure may be affected by other people’s perception. In the case of “The Birthmark‚” by Nathaniel

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    Themes In The Birthmark

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    Is it possible for anyone to be perfect? Not at all! The theme that I chose was was that it is foolish to strive for perfection. In this paper I will support this theme by explaining how this relates to “The Birthmark”. I think this is the strongest theme in the story because Aylmer thinks he can make his wife Georgiana a perfect person. You can not be perfect it’s impossible to be perfect. Aylmer has this potion that can make Georgiana perfect but it could lead her to her death. When she drinks

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    reality is a look will be an opinion. In his essay‚ ”The Parting Breath of The Now-Perfect Woman‚” Chester McCovey informs the readers of the interpretation he received from reading Nathaniel Hawthorne story‚ “The Birthmark‚” the story revealed a husband who was unsatisfied with his wife birthmark and worked on a solution to get rid of the mark to make his wife perfect‚ but it informed readers that criticism can change the way a person can value their self. The common quote known to many is “Beauty is

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    The Enlightenment is a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. The Enlightenment was the period of scientific Awakening. It is an movement that had a huge impact of freedom and equality. While the Enlightenment was going through dramatic changes‚ it also inspired people to change their governments into a better system to benefit the society. The main cause of these changes all began from the French Revolution‚

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