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?The Birthmark? ? The Theme          

 
    In Nathaniel Hawthorne?s tale, ?The Birthmark,? the dominant theme is love conquering self, though there is also present the theme of alienation resulting from the evil within mankind. This essay intends to explore, exemplify and develop this topic.

 

Hyatt Waggoner in ?Nathaniel Hawthorne? states:

 

Alienation is perhaps the theme he handles with greatest power. ?Insulation,? he sometimes called it ? which suggests not only isolation but imperviousness. It is the opposite of that ?osmosis of being? that Warren has written of, that ability to respond and relate to others and the world. . . . it puts one outside the ?magic circle? or the ?magnetic chain? of humanity, where there is neither love nor reality (54).

 

Waggoner?s theme of alienation does play a part in the tale, but the theme which dominates is that of love conquering self as exemplified in Georgiana?s growing love for Aylmer. Her love transforms her very soul. ?Everything he has to say is related, finally, to ?that inward sphere?? (McPherson 68-69... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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