"Georgiana commits totally to her husband, even though she knows full well that his experiment will likely fail, just as his prior experiments have failed. She becomes the prototype of the good wife, who is his willing subject, even in the face of death. Aylmer, on the other hand, can be regarded both as a heartless scientist, vainly seeking the impossible, but also as a loving husband who believes his wife deserves nothing less than perfection." Why is it that Georgiana would let her husband perform this experiment on her? Especially after finding that book of failed experiments. As it says, she must have known this experiment would fail too. So why does she allow it? Sounds like Georgiana loved her husband so much that she was willing to let him try to improve her 'imperfetion'; she loved him so much that she was willing to 'be a good wife' and follow the instructions of her husband; she loved Aylmer so much that she was willing to die. I also find it an interesting perspective about Aylmer: that he thinks his wife doesn't deserve anything but perfection, and that's why he did the operation. I always pegged him as heartless also, and that he was being stupid by not appreciating his wife! But maybe he was doing this out of love for his wife? I had never thought about it that way and it stirs up many more questions and theories that one could play off of and use for writing.