The Birthmark Passage Analysis
Passages from the text pg.#s Commentary
“She felt how much more precious was such a sentiment than that meaner kind which would have borne with actual; and with her whole spirit she prayed that, for single moment, she might satisfy his highest and deepest conception.”
p.8 1. (T, P) Aylmer’s foolishness of striving for perfection leads to his wife’s death. He is unable to see her the way she is due to her tiny imperfection which is not good enough for him. It shows that no one is perfect and that it should not exist in this world. Aylmer’s wife dies because she was to perfect to live in imperfect world. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s purpose is that striving for perfection is to deny what makes us humans and also when loves become an obsession it becomes …show more content…
(I) Aminadab know way better than Aylmer what is going to happen, but in the story he is supposed to be dumb. In the description it clearly shows that Aminadab is dumb and Aylmer treats him like one. This is ironic because Aylmer is supposed to be smarter than his assistant. That means that Aylmer did not understand that what the dumb man had to say about Georgiana’s death.
“‘My poor Aylmer,’” she repeated, with a more human tenderness, you have aimed loftily; you have done nobly. Do not repent that with so high and pure feeling, you have rejected the best the earth could offer. Aylmer, dearest Aylmer, I am dying!’” p.9 10. (R) When Aylmer gives her the drink, she drinks the potion and the mark fades, but she starts to fade with it too. The readers are left with the blunt reality that Aylmer rather removes the birthmark that could he wife’s death rather than obsessing over her beauty that other would love her to be their wife. Also the immorality of perfection leads to …show more content…
p.1 11. (LM) The story was written during part of the Romanticism movement. He wanted to explore themes of nature and human kinds, as well as to push the restrictions of human imagination and creativeness. He also thought that people were getting to dependent on science and wanted to remind us that there is nothing influential than emotion.
Nathanial Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He is a popular example of a Romantic author from the 19th century. He was an American novelist, Dark Romantic and short story writer. In his story, he wanted to remind people that people were getting to dependent on science that there is nothing better than nature and showing emotion.
"Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography." - Life, Family, Childhood, Children, Name, History, Wife, Mother, Son. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 July
“She felt how much more precious was such a sentiment than that meaner kind which would have borne with actual; and with her whole spirit she prayed that, for single moment, she might satisfy his highest and deepest conception.”
p.8 1. (T, P) Aylmer’s foolishness of striving for perfection leads to his wife’s death. He is unable to see her the way she is due to her tiny imperfection which is not good enough for him. It shows that no one is perfect and that it should not exist in this world. Aylmer’s wife dies because she was to perfect to live in imperfect world. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s purpose is that striving for perfection is to deny what makes us humans and also when loves become an obsession it becomes …show more content…
(I) Aminadab know way better than Aylmer what is going to happen, but in the story he is supposed to be dumb. In the description it clearly shows that Aminadab is dumb and Aylmer treats him like one. This is ironic because Aylmer is supposed to be smarter than his assistant. That means that Aylmer did not understand that what the dumb man had to say about Georgiana’s death.
“‘My poor Aylmer,’” she repeated, with a more human tenderness, you have aimed loftily; you have done nobly. Do not repent that with so high and pure feeling, you have rejected the best the earth could offer. Aylmer, dearest Aylmer, I am dying!’” p.9 10. (R) When Aylmer gives her the drink, she drinks the potion and the mark fades, but she starts to fade with it too. The readers are left with the blunt reality that Aylmer rather removes the birthmark that could he wife’s death rather than obsessing over her beauty that other would love her to be their wife. Also the immorality of perfection leads to …show more content…
p.1 11. (LM) The story was written during part of the Romanticism movement. He wanted to explore themes of nature and human kinds, as well as to push the restrictions of human imagination and creativeness. He also thought that people were getting to dependent on science and wanted to remind us that there is nothing influential than emotion.
Nathanial Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He is a popular example of a Romantic author from the 19th century. He was an American novelist, Dark Romantic and short story writer. In his story, he wanted to remind people that people were getting to dependent on science that there is nothing better than nature and showing emotion.
"Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography." - Life, Family, Childhood, Children, Name, History, Wife, Mother, Son. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 July