The Birthmark- by Nathaniel Hawthorne-

The Birthmark, a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, tells the story of Georgiana, a young and beautiful lady, and her husband, Aylmer, a scientist obsessed with perfection.
Georgiana was beautiful in nearly every respect, almost perfect; her one flaw was a tiny birthmark, like a red hand, on her cheek. When she blushed, the mark would blend in with the rest of her cheek and almost disappear. But when her face returned to its normal pale shade, there was the mark again.
Aylmer was one of the greatest scientists of his time. Once, he had been obsessed with his work, but now he had two equal passions: science and his new found love, Georgiana. He thought that through science he might give his love the gift of perfection. The birthmark shocked him since it was the only defect about Georgiana, and he was determined to get rid of it. He was so obsessed with the mark, that he preferred to put his wife´s life in danger than to have to look at the hideous mark everyday for the rest of his life. Then, he gave Georgiana a potion to make the birthmark disappear. On the contrary, the tiny red hand remained there, on his wife´s cheek.
Despite his intelligence, Aylmer was a shallow man who threw away love and happiness in his selfish search for physical perfection.
The Birthmark leaves us a message that says that we should try to look for inner beauty in people, what they look like from the inside, since that is the only thing that matters in the long run. Looks do not last for ever; inner beauty never goes away, though.

QueenV.

Once upon a time there lived a young scientist, Aylmer, who was among the greatest ones of his time. Such was Aylmer´s fascination for science, that everything he did was carefully studied before, so as to be perfect. But then, that demanding search for perfection overstep the lab; particularly, to his beloved wife, Georgiana. She was thought to be perfect by everyone except for him. Though Aylmer knew she had an overall beauty which captivate most men, there was a slight imperfection on her. It was a tiny reddish birthmark on her left cheek, which would almost dissappear when she blushed. Aylmer became obsessed with that mark to the point he couldn´t even stand looking at it. From that moment on, he began looking for the way he could get rid of the birthmark. What would he risk to make his wife look perfect? That is something you will have to discover by reading this captivating and interesting short story.
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