Term Papers on The Birthmark

Term Paper Title	The Birthmark
# of Words	402
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.61

The Birthmark

4th Hr. English

December 13, 2004

Hawthorne’s clear-sighted rendering of what was due to both matter and spirit emerges in “The Birthmark,” at the end of which Melville wrote, “the moral here is wonderfully fine.” The moral of Nathaniel Hawthorn’s story “The Birthmark” is not to meddle with God and his creation, and that every person needs to realize everything as is for a reason. The story shows that we are born the way God wants us to be, and we actually ought to accept people as they are. It is almost as if Georgiana was in the hand of God with this birthmark, and as Aylmer tries to remove this physical human imperfection he removes God’s hand; spiritually from Georgiana thus, releasing her from God’s hand and killing her.

Very soon after their marriage Aylmer brings the birthmark to the attention of the two. “…Aylmer opened his eyes upon his wife's face and recognized the symbol of imperfection…” As Aylmer contemplates this birthmark he becomes infatuated with discuss of this physical imperfection of the human nature. There are many instances when Aylmer expresses his intense feeling that a woman as beautiful as Georgian...

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