Taking Over Nature In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Birthmark

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Nature is a beautiful thing, but sometimes too much interference with nature can be punishing. Having an understanding of nature is vital to understanding higher truths. Don't take over nature, let nature take over you. Nathaniel Hawthorne (a dark romantic poet) showed shows it through his writing, The Birthmark. " We know not whether Aylmer possessed this degree of faith in man's ultimate control over nature. " He was not happy with trying to control nature, which is why we shouldn't try and mess with nature. It should be left to be. Another poet is Jack Landon (a naturalist poet). He show's nature through a poem called, The Law of Life. " Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering." We don't realize it but

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