The Birthmark Nathaniel Hawthorne Books
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"The Birth-Mark" is a romantic short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne that examines obsession with human perfection. It was first published in the March 1843 edition of The Pioneer. It later appeared in Mosses from an Old Manse, a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1846. Plot summary Aylmer is a brilliant and recognized scientist and philosopher who has dropped his focus from his career and experiments to marry the beautiful Georgiana (who is physically perfect except for a small red birthmark in the shape of a hand on her cheek). As the story progresses, Aylmer becomes unnaturally obsessed with the birthmark on Georgiana's cheek. One night, he dreams of cutting the birthmark out of his wife's cheek (removing it like scraping the skin from an apple) and then continuing all the way to her heart. He does not remember this dream until Georgiana asks about what his sleep-talking meant. When Aylmer remembers the details of his dream, Georgiana declares that she would risk her life having the birthmark removed from her cheek rather than to continue to endure Aylmer's horror and distress that comes upon him when he sees her. The following day, Aylmer deliberates upon and then decides to take Georgiana to the apartments where he keeps a laboratory. He glances at Georgiana casually and normally but can't help but shudder violently at seeing her imperfection; Aylmer's reaction causes her to faint. When she awakens, he treats her warmly and comforts her with some of his scientific concoctions but when he attempts to take a portrait of her, the image is blurred save for her birthmark revealing the disgust he has of it. He experiments some more and describes some of the successes to her but as he questions how she is feeling, Georgiana begins to suspect that Aylmer has been experimenting on her the entire time without her knowledge and consent. Aylmer catches her investigating, and accuses her of spying on him in the laboratory, and potentially damaging his valuable and delicate instruments. They argue briefly but not intensely. Georgiana then agrees to drink a potion Aylmer has concocted for her despite his warning that it might be dangerous to do so and may carry unexpected side effects. Soon after, he brings her the potion and the potion is proven to be effective, in some respects, by rejuvenating a nearby plant with but a few drops. Upon seeing this and trusting her distressed husband, Georgiana drinks the concocted potion and promptly falls asleep. Aylmer watches the birthmark fade little by little. Once it is nearly gone, Georgiana wakes up and is pleased (like Aylmer) to see the results. However, the potion had side effects, and Georgiana soon tells her husband that she is slowly dying. Once the birthmark fades completely, Georgiana dies with it.
The Birthmark Nathaniel Hawthorne Books
Generally, I do not like short stories, often times the author has a great idea or concept and ends the effort too early; however, The Birthmark is fitted well, and makes the reader step back and remember what is important verse what we spend time chasing.The down side is that this is an old story and reads a little awkward, otherwise worth the time.
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The Birthmark Nathaniel Hawthorne Books Reviews
a short read with good writings.
I had to read this book to help my son with the paper he had to write for school. He has a disability and needs guidance with literature. I was so happy to read it because it told a great story with interesting themes, and it wasn't overly wordy or difficult to read. The symbolism was fascinating and really made me think. I loved it.
Weird and dark.
I'm not sure why I'm doing 5 stars because I did not review this book; someone hacked my and looked at other books
Excellent
This sad tale needs to be read by everyone! A person’s identity is tied to their being. What is perceived as a weakness may well be a strength. True love is not “fixing” a person but celebrating who they are and helping them see their Divine value.
I first read this in high school. At the time I saw my life as a perpetual failure. This story impressed upon me the idea that perfection is a categorization unattainable in life and it is acceptance that allows the spirit to flourish. Strive for perfection, but accept the fact it's unattainable.
In The Birthmark, Hawthorne superbly illustrates the hubris of man in his aspirations to control nature, often with unforeseen consequences. Hawthorne also touches on how the "feminine" aspects of human nature tend to be more in balance with the existential nature of life, but invariably overshadowed by "masculine" hubris.
This is one of the best written and poignant short stories.
Generally, I do not like short stories, often times the author has a great idea or concept and ends the effort too early; however, The Birthmark is fitted well, and makes the reader step back and remember what is important verse what we spend time chasing.
The down side is that this is an old story and reads a little awkward, otherwise worth the time.
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