The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In the poor allegory The Birth give away, the two major elements that describe this story is allegory and symbolism. end-to-end hawthornes life, he has use allegory as a major theme done various works and has deign up with different styles of allegory. A continuous theme Hawthorn uses is the role of women in parliamentary procedure. fiction can be seen by Aylmer who represents the intelligence of man, the ethos, which is the backbone of society and comes from intellect. The most feminist family kin in the story is betwixt Georgiana and her husband Aylmer. Taylor comments on Hawthorns top executive to write a absorb message that in the story Alymer beholds the source of conflict (13). some(prenominal) a desperate beau would check risked life for the right of pressing his lips to the mysterious make (Hawthorne 1022). Taylor implies that Georgiana understands that the nevus is accepting, which begins Alymers obsession and her hardly flaw (31). MacQueen states that d ifferences in grammatical gender were used for millennia to divide, exploit and impound women (26). One of the biggest flaws between the relationship of men and women in prevalent is the misconception that men have on women, which is simply, perfection. An example of this can be the image men have for women housewives post WWII.\nTaylor points out that Aylmer is regular-tempered not happy even though he is nest perfect, and wants to ignore everything except the birthmark (31). He continues to obsesses and makes his primary aid despite the pain Georgiana receives and the shot it is driving between them. presently Georgiana begins to despise the birthmark more than than Aylmer, which leads to the two of them referring it this odious grant, and as seen in the print, allow the attempt\n[To remove the mark] be made at any(prenominal) risk. Danger is nothing to me; for life, eyepatch this hateful mark makes me the design of your horror and disgust, --life is a burden, which I would fling down with joy. all remove this dreadf...