"The Birthmark"

"The Birthmark"

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

The story of "The Birthmark" reminds me of a mad, crazy, scientist, like who created Frankenstein. When Aylmer married his wife Georgiana I think that he did love her, but his obsession with science took control over his mind. I don't believe that anybody should treat their spouse the way Aylmer treated Georgiana. He told her the birthmark, that was on her cheek, was an imperfection and because he was a man of science he could fix it. Being a scientist you deal with what you can test and prove so Aylmer couldn't understand how Nature could be so imperfect. Perfection is always different for everyone. What Aylmer didn't realize is that in reality nothing is perfect. I think that Aylmer tried to play God and lost. I know that Georgiana loved Aylmer and tried to support him in his work, but why did she let him kill her? Looking at the laboratory it just seemed scaring and i realized that Aylmer would do anything to justify how he thought things should look. When Georgiana took the concoction I knew that she was going to die. As the birthmark began to fade so did her life, but Aylmer did see it that way. All he could see was the birthmark fading which made him happy. The birthmark symbolized life for me and even though we love our family sometimes we can also suck the life out of them. We can get so consumed with what we think is right and over look reality. I'm not sure what the assistant has to do with the story. I read it a couple of times and still couldn't figure it out. I did like this story because it made me think about my own relationship and how I shouldn't try to control everything.