LITERATURE

The Birthmark

The Birthmark

Introduction

Early in the story, Aylmer begins to focus on a small blemish marking Georgiana's cheek. Georgiana is hurt by Aylmer's comment that he finds the mark shocking, and because she doesn't wish to cause her husband any distress, she asks him to rid her of the mark. Oblivious to his wife's sensitivity, Aylmer leaps at the opportunity to perfect her. Having already thought a great deal, and even dreamed, about the process of removing the mark, Aylmer immediately sets into motion a series of experiments designed to destroy it. The next day, the process begins. Aylmer takes Georgiana to ...