The Imperfection Of Georgian's Birthmark

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The story was about Aylmer's obsession with the birth mark on his wife’, which he see's as the only physical imperfection on her. Not long after they were married, Aylmer expressed to Georgiana that he seem to see her birthmark as a defect and then asked her if she had ever considered removing it. Georgiana, who was accustomed to being constantly admired by other men and being stunningly beautiful in their eyes was surprised that her husband was so bothered by a mark that other men seem attracted to. As the story progressed, Aylmer developed an obsessive repulsion for Georgiana's birthmark, up to the extent that he could not suppress a quiver when he so much as looked at his wife. Aylmer then became obsessed with trying to devise a way to rid Georgiana of her imperfection and she becomes even increasingly desperate to rid herself of it as well due to her husband's repulsion towards it and he made no attempt to hide from her. Georgiana was really affected by her husband's disgust to the extent that she grew ashamed of it herself. …show more content…

This likewise represented Georgiana herself and tried to put to light the effect of his experiment on her. Aylmer showed Georgiana a plant that grew and flowered right before her eyes. He tells her to pick the flower while it lived, for it would soon die. However, when she tried to pick the flower, the entire plant dies. This symbolizes that Georgiana is perferct just like the flower and she will die untimely due to her husbands influence. Aylmer asked her to cast her eyes on a vessel that contained a quantity of earth. So she did with little interest at the beginning but was soon startled when she perceived the germ of a plant shooting upward from the soil. Then the slender stalk emerged; the leaves unfolded gradually by themselves; and amongs them was a perfect and lovely

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