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In “The Birthmark,'; by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Georgiana’s futile attempt to be flawless by cooperating in her own murder doesn’t make her any wiser, especially because such a sacrifice does not earn her closeness with her husband. The character of Georgiana epitomizes the virtues upheld by the conventions of her time; she is beautiful, docile and has no ambitions of her own other than to make her husband happy. In addition to this apparent perfect union
is a "singular mark, deeply interwoven, as it were, with the texture and substance of her face" (Hawthorne 11).
The birthmark is differently interpreted by all. Initially Georgiana thinks of the birthmark, as “a charm,'; and Aylmer knows not “whether to term [the birthmark] a defect or a beauty . . .'; (Hawthorne 11). Most persons of her own sex refers it as “the bloody hand,'; that “Quite destroy(s) the effect of Georgiana’s beauty . . .'; (Hawthorne 11). While her admirers “were won’t to say that some fairy at her birth-hour had laid her tiny hand upon the infant’s cheek, and left this impress [the birthmark] there in token of the magic endowments that were to give her such sway over all hearts'; (Hawthorne 11). Georgiana’s casual approach towards the birthmark reveals while she answers “No, indeed,'; when her husband asks her “has it never occurred to you [Georgiana] that t... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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