Perfection In The Birthmark

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There is No Mortal Perfection A man of all things science and natural, Aylmer has a passion that he has devoted his life to, only straying from his laboratory long enough to take a wife. Possessing an obsession for perfection, in “The Birthmark”, by Nathaniel Hawthorn, Aylmer is unable to look past the only possible imperfection on his young wife’s face. In Aylmer’s quest for perfection he ends up finding it, but it is not without paying the ultimate consequence for his actions. It is said that love is blind. Which may be the reason Aylmer marries Georgiana without mention of her birthmark. It is not until after that he seems to notice it and make mention of it to his wife, in a conversation that starts with his initial thought of…show more content…
Georgiana then falls into a sleep. What seems to Aylmer’s surprise, as he watches the mark slowly fade away, he claims success while his lab hand, Aminadab chuckles at his success. In a foreshadowing of what’s to occur next. The celebration of Aylmer wakes Georgiana from her sleep. She shows delight as she sees herself in the mirror without the birthmark on her cheek any longer. Georgiana feels badly for Aylmer, she sees that he is happy that he has made her perfect, but he has aimed to high for perfection, willing to lose the love of his life as he strives to create perfection. Georgiana then passes away as the last tint of the birthmark fades away, again leaving Aminadab in a chuckle. Almost as he knew that his boss’ obsession would cost him his great love. Georgiana knew what would be the most likely outcome of her husband’s experiment on her, yet was willing to submit to it to make him happy. Georgiana has known, all along, that the birthmark was a symbol of her mortality. No human or living thing is ever perfect or without flaws, no matter how much Aylmer believed Georgiana could be, her birthmark signified her eventual

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