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Obsession In The Birthmark

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The theme of a man’s obsession with striving for perfection is expressed in Hawthorne’s short story, “The Birthmark.” The protagonist of this work of literature is an incredibly talented scientist by the name of Aylmer who has recently married a remarkably attractive woman whose name is Georgiana. Despite being breathtakingly beautiful, Georgiana has a birthmark in the shape of a red hand on her left cheek, which disgusts Aylmer to a rather massive extent. An example of his unhealthy fixation upon Georgiana’s birthmark would be on the fourth page of this work of literature,“At all the seasons which should have been their happiest, he invariably and without intending it, nay, in spite of a purpose to the contrary, reverted to this one disastrous
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