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  1. selecting it as the symbol of his wife's liability to sin, sorrow, decay, and death, Aylmer's somber imagination was not long in rendering the birthmark a frightful object, causing him more trouble and horror than ever Georgiana's beauty, whether of soul or sense, had given him delight.

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  2. In his story “The Birthmark” Nathaniel Hawthorne assigns symbolic meaning to the blemish on Georgiana’s cheek, to her husband Aylmer’s efforts to eliminate it, and to Georgiana herself. Through the study of these symbols we can discover Hawthornes motivation for Aylmer’s risky experiment. Text

  3. The Birth-Mark. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Published: 1843. Type(s): Short Fiction. Source: http://gutenberg.org. About Hawthorne: Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachu-setts, where his birthplace is now a museum.

  4. The birthmark would come and go with the emotions in her heart. The mark was shaped like a very small human hand. Georgiana's past lovers used to say that the hand of a magical fairy had touched her face when she was born. Many a gentleman would have risked his life for the honor of kissing that mysterious hand.

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  5. In doing so, we are prompted to offer an appropriate interpretation of the symbolic language embodied in Hawthorne's plot creativity. Key words: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Symbol, The Scarlet Letter, The Letter ‘A’, Rosebush, Forest, Meteor.

  6. Aylmer, the protagonist of Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark,” undertakes to remove the blemish from his wife’s cheek to satisfy his own spiritual strivings and to redeem what he sees as a failed career. Text. Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birthmark”, 1843. Text Type. Literary fiction; short story.

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  8. The most prominent and noticeable symbol in the Hawthorne's novel is the scarlet letter ''A'' that is embroidered on the bodice of Hester's dress when she committed adultery and brought Pearl as her illegitimate child.

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