The Birth Mark

Critical Essay 4 Close drill The Birth strike out that was written a little over a snow ago by Nathaniel Hawthorne, seems to be an early base of our modern spell with physical flawlessness. In looking at todays society, it is simple to see that populace ar fascinated with flawlessness. This fascination may be for physical perfection, randy perfection, or career perfection. Unlike todays society, where flawlessness is wanted by the some unrivaled directly involved, the character in this horizontal surface looks for flawlessness in the one he should love without condition.The character becomes so obsessed with wanting perfection that he gives up true happiness. Thus, we give the gate say that The Birthmark expresses a very profound meaning men fixate an effort to dislodge nature in order to make it more flawless than it already is. Even though The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne was written in the mid-1800s, its bow and ideas still play a part in todays society. In the l ate eighteenth century, where the stage took place, science was still in some homosexualner associated with magic. (1) And Aylmers science, could be called alchemy, which is somewhere between science and magic.It can be utter that Aylmer, the scientist in The Birthmark, is very much a result of this age of invention. Aylmer could induce been a scientist or maybe even a magician. But we can definitely say he was in pursuit of control. He seeks control. The story starts off with a scientist who finds a bride. As the story continues on the freshly married couple starts to make discoveries about each some otherwise. Aylmer who is a man of perfection bases his decision to marry Georgiana believing that she is nonhing but perfect. Nevertheless, his bride, Georgiana, appears to concur a nevus on her face that Aylmer wants to tally.Aylmer believes that the birth mark is a symbol of flawlessness on a beauty On the other hand, Georgiana believes it is a blessing. To me Aylmer do t he mis turn back of marrying Georgiana because of perfection. In life we must ascertain that not everyone is perfect. Everyone has flaws including ourselves, and in this story Aylmer did not show this. Georgianas birthmark on her face make her very different and special from other women. Aminadab said, If she were my married woman, Id never part with that birth-mark (Hawthorne 6). This quote opposes what Aylmer thinks that the birthmark is despic fitted and needs to be removed.Aminadab tells Aylmer that the birthmark is crotchety, and he would not want to remove it because it makes her different. The birthmark has a very unique shade and shape to it, In the usual state of her complexion- a healthy, though delicate bloom the mark wore a tint of deeper crimson, which imperfectly defined its shape amid the surrounding bang (Hawthorne 2). Hawthorne often refers to the birthmark as the Crimson Hand. Not only is the ruse of the birthmark unique, but the shape is unique, as well. Not all birthmarks are crimson and look like a hand, and few people bring in a birthmark as unique as Georgiana did.Although Georgiana birthmark is unique, it is overly a human flawlessness to Aylmer. Aylmer wanted to prove to Georgiana it was flawlessness to her face. Aylmer convincingly said, No dearest Georgiana, you came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature, that this slightest accomplishable defect- which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty- shocks me, as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection (Hawthorne 2). Aylmer thinks the birthmark makes Georgiana unsightly and wants to do whatever it takes to remove it from her face. Aylmer cannot stand to look at his wife with this horrible birthmark on her face.I feel as though everybody has their give beauty thats within them that cant be changed. I understand that nobody can change the inner or outmost beauty of a person it will always be on that point no matter what changes they make or assay to hide. Beauty is some thing unique and it shouldnt be altered by any one, each somebody has something that is beautiful about them even if there outer appearance is not so beautiful. In the end of the story we understand that the symbolism of the birth-mark had delineate death because, Georgiana died at the end of the story because, Aylmer was trying to change something that was meant to be left alone.Hawthorne said, As the last crimson tint of the birth-mark that sole sign of human imperfection-faded from her cheek, the parting breath of the now perfect woman passed into the atmosphere, and her soul, dull a moment near her husband, took its heavenward flight. (p. 650) Had Aylmer would have accepted his wife as she was she probably wouldnt have died of the death of his hands. So it was his stain really because, he made her felt as if her birth-mark was an ugly thing on her face. When it really was not ugly it brought her appearance out it made her even more beautiful and special.As in dividual we must learn sometimes to allow things be, as I like to say let and let God. We must know that everything is not meant to be change. The Birthmark is very psychological, purely dealing with the plain mind of the characters as if the portentous narrator told the story from within their mind, other than observes it from the outdoor(a). The description by a person outside of the story, other than a character from within, does not inspire the reader to understand with one character more than the other. It also allows the reader to understand the story and its characters based on how the hearing feels.Using third person point of view, Hawthorne defines the characters and lets the audience to try to understand what each of them is thinking. Hawthorne wrote a great story in this story Hawthorne sends a message that we as individuals have always made every effort for perfection in all aspects of our life, but sometimes our own pleasant perception of it dominates the possibilit ies that some people will take to achieve those aspects of perfection. Whether an athlete decide to us drugs in order to be able to run faster or to hit harder, for them to be able to reach a greater level than anyone else to that unachievable goal of perfection.Better yet, surgeons who try and play God and perform plastic surgery on patients to make the patient believe and feel that they have the perfect look and grimace or appearance. The Birthmark was a very interesting book, in that Hawthorne explores a persons sense of perfection and how far they will go to reach it. Works Cited Booth, Alison and Kelly J. Mays. The Norton Introduction to Literature, Shorter Tenth Edition. New York, London W. W. Norton & Company, 2010. SparkNotes Editors. 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