"The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about a man, Aylmer, whose fixation on his wife, Georgiana's birthmark eventually leads to her death. Aylmer and Georgiana have similarities and differences. They are similar because Aylmer and Georgiana, both have flaws. Aylmer and Georgiana are different, because Aylmer is selfish and Georgiana is selfless. Another difference is the way both of them viewed the birthmark. Aylmer felt the birthmark was ugly; meanwhile Georgiana viewed it as beauty.
Aylmer and Georgiana both had flaws. Aylmer was a monomaniac. This means he is a person who is fixated upon one thing, Georgiana's birthmark. Aylmer constantly thought about this retched birthmark. At night, when sleep is peaceful, came the dream. He dreamt of removing the birthmark the more he cut the birthmark the deeper it went, until it caught hold of Georgiana's heart. Aylmer who was so obsessed with Georgiana being perfect, therefore eventually performed an experiment to remove the birthmark. However, Georgiana was also flawed like Aylmer. Georgiana was born with a mark upon her left cheek. The mark was a deeper crimson, and resembled a hand shaped image. When Georgiana blushed, the color of her birthmark faded into an open rose, but when her white, pale skin lye next to her birthmark, it was still a very vivid color.
Aylmer and Georgiana are also very different. Aylmer is extremely selfish and Georgiana is extremely selfless. Aylmer continued to hurt Georgiana emotionally. Aylmer felt that Georgiana's birthmark was a flaw of nature. He could not stop dwelling on the fact, that there was an imperfection resting upon his wife's cheek. Aylmer made sure that Georgiana knew the way he felt. Aylmer thought he was a man of science, and that he could fix this imperfection to make her perfect. During the experiment Aylmer gave Georgiana a potion, in which she drank. As her birthmark seemed to fade so did her life.
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American Beauty The use of symbolism Films are often more than what they appear to be. ... These scenes are most frequently those with the nubile "American Beauty- Character, Angela. Lester's lust for this teenage icon of beauty is confused with the emotion he is so deprived of; love. ... The final scene in which photographs are used in American Beauty is the scene in which Lester is shot. ... The space of understanding is now clear to fully comprehend the symbolism of lighting in American Beauty. ...
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Beauty and Ugly: The Major Patterns in The Bluest Eye " Smiling white face. ... (Morrison 46-7) This lack of beauty even intruded upon her family life. Pecola's first encounter with her lack of beauty comes from her mother. ... Beauty was a powerful thing to use as a pattern and symbol in the novel because beauty is relative and something everyone wants, whether they want to admit it or not. ... And all of our beauty, which was hers first and which she gave to us." ...
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Beauty Beauty is perhaps one of the most desired and envied traits in the world. ... For instance one can refer to inner beauty, but more often than not the word beauty is associated with people, particularly women. ... The majority of the time the most important aspect of beauty is overlooked, that aspect being inner beauty. ... So what is beauty? ... Fair suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness Beauty is often described as being graceful. ...
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