Beauty In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Birthmark

The idea behind beauty is very elusive because to many it’s unclear. Many might people have certain perspectives of what beauty truly means, some might say that It’s layer deep an undefined; a combination of qualities such as shape color or form that pleases our aesthetic needs. Influenced by the, Media, Culture, and individuals we are unaware of the damage they cause to millions. In ‘’The Birthmark’’ by Nathaniel Hawthorn, Aylmer a recognized scientist marries the beautiful Georgiana; Aylmer notice Georgiana small red birthmark. He experiments with his idea of removing it making a potion that eventually leads to her death. Does It lead to the question What is Beauty? Should we be influenced by Culture, Media or Plastic Surgery to modify what

He failed to mention to Georgiana that most of his discoveries’ have been constant failures. ‘’ Unless all my science has deceived me, it cannot fail me. (Hawthorne 314). He’s implying to her that his experiment will not go wrong he trying to remove the ‘’birthmark’’. He finally gives Georgiana the potion he has created for her ‘’Drink, then thou loufy creature … there is no taint of imperfection on thy spirit’’ (Hawthorne 306). As she slow falls asleep he believes he created the solution that will enhance her beauty. Aylmer than say ‘’ I can scarcely trace of it now. Success! Success! and now it is like the faintest rose color (Hawthorne 316). Overwhelmed with joy he opens the curtain in his lab to show the world and nature what he has perfected. She slowly wakes up and feeling strange she begins to read the book that Aylmer had lying around. She realizes that all of Aylmer experiments had conducted had fail. Georgiana then sees her ‘’birthmark’’ had been removed. ‘’You have aimed loftily; you have done nobly. Do not repent that with so high pure feeling you have rejected the best the earth could offer (Hawthorne 316). As she realizes she dying she tells Aylmer why was he not able to appreciate her and take notice what nature created and offer

Constantly subjected to toned muscular men in movies researchers from the University of Oxford and the University Glasgow say ‘’ Our findings suggest that men may experience particular problems in recognizing… eating disorder’s as a result of cultural constructions … as uniquely or predominantly a female problem. Helen Briggs from BBC News says, ‘’The pressures on body weight image are affecting a much wider range of people, including men’’. Men feel the pressure but don’t talk about it. It shows just how self-conscious men and women are about beauty. One man says, ‘’ Fragile teenage girls are only affected disorders’’ suggesting just how insecure men are about their