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Symbolism in "The Birth-Mark" by Nathaniel Hawthor

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Symbolism in "The Birth-Mark" by Nathaniel Hawthorn

In the story, “The Birth-Mark”, written by Nathaniel Hawthorn it was about a man who was a scientist who tried to change his wife appearance. At the end of the story his wife died because, he tried to change the nature of her face by trying to remove the inner beauty of her birth mark on her face. The symbolism of the birth mark represents death, beauty, and nature. My essay will be about how death, beauty, and nature represent the symbolism of the birth mark.

First, the symbolism of the birth-mark represents beauty because, the mark on Aylmer wife Georgiana was unique. For example, Hawthorne said, “ Some fastidious person -but they were exclusively of her own sex- affirmed that the bloody Hand, as they chose to call it, quite destroyed the effect of Georgiana’s beauty, and rendered her countenance even hideous. (p. 640) He was saying that he should have left the birth-mark alone because, it repents the inner beauty and outer beauty of her face and that changing it only made her appearance look ugly. I think everybody has there own beauty that is a part of them that can’t be changed. That nobody can change the inner or outer beauty of that person it will always be there no matter what changes they make or try to hide. Beauty is something special and it shouldn’t be changed by no one everybody has something that is beautiful about them even if there outside is not so beautiful.

Second, the symbolism of the birth-mark represents death because, Aylmer wife died at the end of the story because, he 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 token of human imperfection-faded from her cheek, the parting breath of the now perfect woman passed into the atmosphere, and her soul, lingering a moment near her husband, took its heavenward flight.” (p.650) If Hawthorne would have accepted his wife as she was she wouldn’t have died of the death of his hands. So it was his fault 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 unique...

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Uploaded by:   bdogg

Date:   04/25/2007

Category:   Literature

Length:   4 pages (798 words)

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