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This article has many different sections about the symbolism in the story, but the one I want to call you attention to is the color one. In the book two color are referred to over and over again together. The colors are white and red. White being the color of her cheek. White is used as a meaning of perfection. The beauty that we find on a day with fresh snow. The perfection on a prime piece of marble. While the white of her is still beautiful the color of the birthmark is red. Red is normally used for evil but in this case it is used as an imperfection. The color of blood, bad, evil, all of it is not good in our eyes. The color of her later blushed cheek is the same color of red as the red in her birthmark making it disappear. This goes to show the closeness and lack of a boundary of beauty that she really has.
Austin Sadler
It is also said to highlight Georgiana's purity and imperfections. The words in the story also reveal that the narrator thinks that Georgiana's birthmark and the red and white shades on her face make her more beautiful. Also when Georgiana blushes her white skin turns the color of her birthmark. It also suggests that nothing exists between Georgiana's beauty and one flaw.
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