makes him make a crucial mistake with the potion for Georgiana. After drinking the potion‚ and after every breath‚ Georgiana was losing life and dying. Georgiana says‚ "Aylmer‚ dearest Aylmer‚ I am Dying!" (2450). She was dying. Insisting that a birthmark was imperfection defect that what once considered a charm; the vanity of a person who thought his hands could change what nature created. All this because Aylmer wanted to dominate what he thought science could alter; the result‚ death of a perfect
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Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism focused on simple living‚ becoming closer to nature and obtaining spirituality through nature‚ and the divinity of man. Dark Romanticism does not focus on the optimistic view of man‚ instead it focuses on the unsuccessful attempts of man to make change. In both “The Birthmark” by and Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Dark Romantic characteristics of obsession and violence are displayed by the antagonists when
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Symbolism Symbolism and other figurative speech in The Birth-mark and The Thing in the Forest Birth – Mark : First and fore-most the birthmark represents the fatal flaw of humanity‚ and that eventually we all fall into sin‚ sorrow‚ decay‚ and death. I think that the birthmark represents the desire for perfection or in this case the lack of. Georgina’s husband found her birthmark to be all consuming blot on her otherwise beautiful face. He made it something so awful that his wife lost her own feeling of
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Aylmer does not quite understand the quote by C.Joybell because he loses sight of his love of Georgiana for scientific perfection. Moreover‚ Aylmer’s want to get rid of Georgiana’s birthmark produces a change in his feelings toward her. When discussing the birthmark and a possible removal with Georgiana‚ Aylmer said‚ “you [Georgiana] came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature… as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection” (11). Additionally‚ Hawthorne states “this one defect [grew] more
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In the story “The Birthmark” and “Bartleby the Scrivener” both stories had to do with what the character think is beneficial to them. In “The Birthmark” the character Aylmer‚ think his wife scar on her cheek makes her look less perfect. Whereas‚ in “The Scrivener” the character Bartleby does what he desire while at work. In “The Birthmark” Aylmer was persistent to his wife getting rid of her birthmark‚ knowing he’s a doctor she is going to allow him to remove it not knowing the outcome‚ but aware
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subduing this companion‚ or maybe looking for another company he could dominate over. The existence of these competitions could be attributed to the principle that man is inherently evil. With these competitions‚ comes diffidence and glory. Man is constantly in pursuit of these three‚ whether we are aware of it or not. Man exists in the external world as a reactive creature that senses objects and is driven to act by the constant motions of the world. These constant motions lead to man’s
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which some people go to obtain physical flawlessness has unfortunately created a standard of beauty that cannot be obtained without intervention from science. Although written in 1843‚ the central theme illustrated by Nathaniel Hawthorne in “The Birthmark” resonates with today’s society and exemplifies science versus nature‚ patriarchal expectations of the
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is Georgiana’s husband who becomes overwhelmingly obsessed with the tiny birthmark on her cheek and an ill-conceived notion that it can be removed. High intelligence‚ profound egotism‚ and a fanatical perfectionism are
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Hawthorne is known for his works in the area of dark romanticism. His fascination with science and alchemy lead him to explore the consequences of human experimentation. This is evidenced by his two short stories: “Rappaccini’s Daughter” and “The Birthmark”. Both stories contain dark undertones and share the theme that science is dangerous. The scientists‚ Rappaccini and Aylmer‚ are obsessed with perfection and will stop at nothing to obtain it. The antagonists use their scientific abilities to manipulate
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