I think that the birth mark represents mans imperfections and flaws. The birth mark is deep in Georgina's skin which says mans flaws are put deep inside us and hard to get rid of. Aylmer wants to get rid of Georgina's flaws and make her perfect. I think thats why she died, because she became perfect and perfect is not humanly possible.
http://www.shmoop.com/birthmark/birthmark-symbol.html
hi fritz
ReplyDeleteI really agree and I found something on SparkNotes that talks about how trying to make Gerorgina so perfect that it killed her. No one is ever perfect in life. Her not been perfect really affects Aylmer and it kills him inside and makes him go crazy enough to change it about her.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/the-birthmark/themes.html