A Psychological Reading of "The Birthmark"

In this analysis, James Quinn and Ross Baldessarini talk of how "obsessed with imperfection in human nature" Aylmer is.  It talks of the conflict Aylmer has between personal idealization and reality--an "obsessional neurotic conflict."  They infer that Aylmer is obsessive-compulsive especially when dealing with the struggle to attain "perfection" in his wife.