Birthmark

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Aylmer thinks his wife is so unperfect, that she shouldn't be on earth, even though she had a "heavenly beauty". Georgina's tiny birthmark drives her husband crazy, and drives him to "kill" her to make her perfect. Hawthorne also makes a point to not include any of the people who thought Georgina's birthmark as part of her beauty. It only showed Aylmer's point of view, as where he saw it disturbing and where it got in the way of their marriage. -A small theme you could get from this story is no matter who you are, you cannot win against nature. For example Aylmer had all his experiments booked for success, but he still was not good enough to face nature's small sense of beauty.