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    Aylmer questions Georgiana about the birthmark on her face and from that point on he is fixated on removing it. At first Georgiana does not have the desire to remove‚ what she once calls a charm until Aylmer persistently puts her down about it. Aylmer tells Georgiana that he has a potion that would effectively remove her birth-mark.

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    she is doing—leave her alone! Messing with nature’s intent is dangerous and I wouldn’t go there. Aylmer Chillingworth‚ a scientist in Hawthorne’s short story‚ “The Birthmark‚” has married a young woman‚ a certain Georgianna‚ despite the fact she possesses a birthmark upon the center of her left facial cheek. Aylmer feels that he has ignored this “ugly marking” long enough and decides he can “make her better.” “ ‘Geogianna

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    high school students could understand Georgiana’s struggle of understanding why they have a birthmark or something else‚ which cannot fade away very easily unlike other bruises. The characters from the original work will be the main characters in the rewrite‚ but they will be college students‚ who are close friends from a class.

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    visible mark of earthly imperfection (Hawthorne 645).” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” uses symbolism to explore the stain of sin on the world and in the individual. Georgiana is the picture of pure perfection‚ with one exception‚ a hand shaped birthmark on her left cheek. There are many themes in this piece. They include‚ the mark of sin brought in the world and the inability for a human to cleanse themselves from sin. Another theme in this story is the necessary imperfection within people. Each

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    Analysis In “The Birthmark”‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the character Alymer is portrayed as a mad scientist. He cares about his wife‚ but his love for science and intellect overcomes any love he could ever have for her. By saying Alymer is a mad scientist‚ I am meaning that he will go to great lengths to try and create cures and become intertwined with science itself. Alymer’s behavior is very manipulative around others. He doesn’t just come out and say how he hates Georgiana’s birthmark‚ his actions

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    established social and gender roles” (Lucia). Within many of Hawthorne’s works there is a sense of misogyny‚ male supremacy especially through sexuality‚ and his constanttendency to infantilize women concentrating on “Young Goodman Brown” and“The Birthmark”. Hawthorne begins “Young Goodman Brown” flirting within the line that informs the reader of Young Goodman Brown’s infidel ways. Faith‚ Brown’s wife‚ is saying her goodbyes to Brown before he embarks on a journey—that at this point is still unknown

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    My different type of genetics have affected me in many ways. I have genetic disorders‚ my first is asthma‚ i’m gonna be talking about that. Then the next is eczema‚ like a skin disorder or rash. After‚ is the genetic/ heritable trait which is my birthmark and my eyes. Then last but not least is the punnett squares and how that affects me. The first topic i chose was genetic disorder that i get from my siblings or my family members. I have asthma that i inherit from my uncle‚ grandma‚ and mom. Asthma

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    the greatest and simplest truths of life. Imperfection is what makes us human. To strive for perfection beyond the human and the recognition is fatal‚ which is well manifested in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Birthmark. Throughout the story‚ Alymer tries to perfect his wife Georgiana. The crimson birthmark on Georgiana’s cheek‚ though deemed adorable by lots of admirers‚ is an ‘earthly imperfection’ in Alymer’s eyes. This obsession for perfection blinds Alymer to the noble quality of his wife with merely

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    Celeste Green III English Ms. Tinnon 3/13/13 Reincarnation Everyone is a traveler from eternity to eternity‚ learning the way of wisdom as they come and go; learning at last that all life is the expression of life‚ evolving from lower forms to higher; that birth and death are phases of the ceaseless law of change widely known as reincarnation. The concept of past lives goes back to the times of ancient Egypt‚ India‚ Rome‚ and Greece. The Greek philosophers Pythagoras‚ Plato‚ Virgil‚ Ovid‚ Socrates

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    There is Someone For Everyone “I hate my mom. I swear she get on my nerves always judging what I do. We argue everyday about dumb things that she don’t even have to speak on. I be telling her to stay out of my business. I’m too grown for her to be constantly in my business. When I finally get a job‚ I’m moving out. I cannot take any more of this woman anymore. She never listens to what I have to say. I hate that woman.” Majority of everybody I know says these exact words‚ or about the same words

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