This analysis tells of how Aylmer was seeking perfection in his wife (because he thought she deserved perfection), and he finally found it in her last dying moments. John Schlismann elaborates on the thought that Aylmer is a very selfish person, wanting to change his wife to make her become "perfect" because he loves science more than he could ever love any human being. In contrast, Georgiana shows complete unselfishness, wanting to risk her own life in order to be perfect in her husband's eyes--which is a very significant "mark of the time" according to Schlismann.
http://ezinearticles.com/?An-Analysis-of-the-Birth-Mark-by-Nathaniel-Hawthorne&id=1295421
Good job Laurel B! I think in your first sentence when the analysis says how Aylmer thought she deserved perfection, it was actually just about him being able to feel the satisfaction of having a science experiment go right. He was so in love when he first met her and was really happy, but then when that "newness" of the relationship wore off, he got bored and needed to go back to his true love which was science. I don't think the only reason he did the experiment was because he was doing it for her good, and even if the experiment had gone right, he probably would have found another problem of hers to fix! What a loser that guy was, I think it was from a lack of fresh air in the lab.
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