Characters
What is the scientist's name in the Birthmark?
Alymer
What are the Birthmark's main themes?
Imperfection/perfection, Nature and Science
What was alymer fascinated with?
Science
Who is the antagonist in the story?
Alymer
What is the author's name?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
What did Georgiana's birthmark represent?
Mortality/ the flaws that make her human.
What is the birthmark shaped like in the story?
A hand print
What would end up happening to Georgiana at the end of the story?
She would die at the hands of Alymer.
How many characters are there in the Birthmark?
3
What does Georgiana's death represent?
No person on earth can ever be perfect, as Georgiana's death proves that absolute perfection is unachievable, and humans must realize that striving for it would only lead to misery.
Where does the story take place?
In a laboratory in the late 1700s.
What is Alymer's obsession in the story?
The birthmark on his wife/perfection.
What is the scientist's wife's name?
Georgiana
Aminadab is willing to assist but is also appalled by Aylmer's plan to remove Georgiana's birthmark.
On what cheek is Georgiana's birthmark?
The left side cheek
Why did Aylmer come to dislike the birthmark so much?
He saw his wife as perfect if it weren't for the birthmark.
Who is the lab assistant that helps out Alymer?
Aminadab
What does the flower foreshadow in the story?
The flower's destruction serves as a metaphor for how striving for perfection ultimately kills things, which foreshadows what will happen to Georgiana during the procedure to have her birthmark removed.
Why did Alymer keep turning against Georgiana and going silent?
He despised her birthmark, he couldn't stand to look at her.
What does Alymer give to Georgiana to get rid of the birthmark?
A potion.