“The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne reveals a story of love on the edge of ending due to outward appearances. Georgina’s birthmark is considered a mark of imperfection to her husband, Aylmer. She could choose to embrace the birthmark or please her husband and exterminate it with his scientific knowledge. This story displays how even the little imperfections of outward appearances can affect a person. Overall, the story conveys an image of beauty, imperfection, science, and love. Nathaniel Hawthorne gives an image in this story that beauty goes much deeper than outside appearances. Beauty is not just outward appearances rather it is inward appearances. One of the main focuses in the story is that Aylmer believes Georgina’s birthmark is “a significance of imperfection”, and insists that she would be perfect without it(Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark”: Science and Romance). Aylmer has the mindset that Georgina would be perfect without it, but he does not realize that no one can be perfect until they pass away. Due to the significance of the birthmark, it becomes hard for him to continue to love Georgina because he only allows himself to focus on outward appearances. However, inward appearances are the key to what one should focus on. …show more content…
Hawthorne makes a connection that science fixes everything when in reality it does not(Bunge). Aylmer attempts to remove her mark of imperfection but has had multiple failed attempts. He knows somehow science could make her into the perfect woman he desires. Until then, he is going to try is hardest in his lab to come up with something to make her perfect for himself(Bunge). Eventually, Aylmer found an experiment he wanted to try to make the birthmark disappear. After he did it, the birthmark begins to fade away(Balestrini) Aylmer became hopeful that he perfected her imperfections through his scientific