What is the birthmark symbolic of? How does it effectively act as a symbol? Why does it "act" the way it does?
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Anonymous
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in my opinion, the hand symbolizes imperfection, and how people have to take the good with the bad. it might also remind alymer of a bad childhood memory, and thats why he wants it removed. it effectivly acts as a symbol by being right on her face, so everyone see's it. it acts the way it does just becasue, i dont really know
The birthmark symbolizes imperfection. The way the stroy describes georgiana there is nothing to complain about besides her little tiny birthmark that Alymer can't get over.
The birthmark symbolizes Georgiana's life. After the birthmark is taken off she slowly dies. It acts as a symbol because when the birthmark is gone so is her life.
The birthmark is symbolic of ilfe but also imperfection. Once removed it was like a part of Georgiana was removed so therefore it shows that if you take away important aspects of your life then you might die as well...maybe only emtionally/mentally, but die non-the-less. Its also symbolic of imperfection because it is the only flaw of her body. Its shaped as a hand because a hand can craft peices of art and work to be molded into what the maker wants. Aylmer attempts to craft his wife into the perfect creation but she ends up dying.
The birthmake is a smybol of beauty and the wife not being perfect. I think the birthmark is what makes her, her, without the birthmark she wasn't herself and soon past away.
in a way the birthmark is symbolic of life and how people are not perfict but want to be something there not. if georgianna was perfict then alymer wouldnt have anything to perfect and there would be no story. i think that the birthmark on her cheek is showing how guys can be jerks and want the perfict girl, and it also shows how girls would do anything to get that one guy that they like. its stupid, i say just be yourself and let people see the real you. ~jennie~
The birthmark represents natural beauty. It effectively acts as a symbol because at the end of the story, when the birthmark fades, so does she, which shows the importance of natural beauty.
i agree that the birthmark symbolizes imperfection. it effectivly acts as a symbol because it's what the whole story is about. It acts the way it does because the focus is on this birthmark and how alymer doesn't like it. it also is a lesson that nobody's perfect
I think the birthmark symbolized her beauty and that everyone's opinion of perfect is different. The birthmark is what made Georgiana who she was and once that was taken away she lost who she was and then died
I think the birthmark represents life. In life, nobody is perfect. everyone and everything has flaws that cant be changed. And when Aylmer tries to change Georgianas image, she dies. So dont try to change life, or you may have some trouble on your hands.
Mostly everyone has written what i am about to write. In my opinion, the chrimson hand upon Georgiana's cheek sybolizes Beauty and Life. This birthmark that is upon her face is a big part of her life. Many men have gazed upon it and wanted her, however Alymer does not believe that it is beautiful. It's kind of heartbreaking. That birthmark was her life!
I believe the birth mark represents her, perfect to some yet imperfect to others. When the birthmark is erased of her skin so is her life from the world.
The birthmark is symbolic of "imperfection" and "beauty". It is symbolic of imperfection because Aylmer sees it as a hideous mark that defines Georgiana as ugly. It is beautious by how everyone else sees it as a mark of lovliness. It effectively acts as a symbol by how the characters describe it as a mark of "imperfection". The fact that it stands for something makes it a symbol. *Wesley*
Along with most of the class, I believe the hand symbolizes imperfections in life and how we need to just deal with them. Alymer couldent deal with one little mark and his thoughts soon spread to Georgiana and when they tried to get rid of it both the mark and her bit the dust. -David S.
I think the birthmark symbolizes acceptance of the way you are. It acts as a symbol in the story because Alymer does not accept her birthmark so she starts to hate it too. When she does not accept the way she is anymore and Alymer removes her birth mark she dies.
I think that the birthmark symbolizes the fact that people can't change some things in nature with the use of science and technology. Aylmer tries to remove the birthmark to achieve an 100% perfect wife, because he wasn't satisfied with the way she was. People can continue to create new inventions and technology to make themselves feel superior to nature, but it's just a given fact that we will never be able to change the way certain things are and have been. By screwing around with nature, we might just make things worse (just as Georgiana died).
The birthmark is symbolic of a marriage that is doomed to failure from the beginning. Aylmer doesn't truly like Georgiana for who she is, and therefore is disgusted to think he will have to live with her the rest of his life. Therefore, he finds an excuse to not like her, happening to be the birthmark.
Like most people said I also believe that the birthmark is a symbol of imperfection. It was out of georgiana's hands to have this little hand on her cheek; it can represent natural beauty and innocense because I mean it wasn't her fault that she was born the way she was. Like in our class discussion, a lot men would look at Georgiana and think that it's such a cute flaw of her being but in Alymer's opinion he thinks it's hitious, and it makes Georgiana think that it's horrible as well.
The birthmark is symbolic of the imperfections of the world. it efficently acts this way because in the world people are trying to rid all imperfections. It stands out because people try to find little imperfections in things, and fix them.
27 comments:
in my opinion, the hand symbolizes imperfection, and how people have to take the good with the bad. it might also remind alymer of a bad childhood memory, and thats why he wants it removed. it effectivly acts as a symbol by being right on her face, so everyone see's it. it acts the way it does just becasue, i dont really know
Matt D
The birthmark symbolizes imperfection. The way the stroy describes georgiana there is nothing to complain about besides her little tiny birthmark that Alymer can't get over.
Jarad s.
The birthmark symbolizes Georgiana's life. After the birthmark is taken off she slowly dies. It acts as a symbol because when the birthmark is gone so is her life.
dan solis
The birthmark is symbolic of ilfe but also imperfection. Once removed it was like a part of Georgiana was removed so therefore it shows that if you take away important aspects of your life then you might die as well...maybe only emtionally/mentally, but die non-the-less. Its also symbolic of imperfection because it is the only flaw of her body. Its shaped as a hand because a hand can craft peices of art and work to be molded into what the maker wants. Aylmer attempts to craft his wife into the perfect creation but she ends up dying.
Jeff
The birthmake is a smybol of beauty and the wife not being perfect. I think the birthmark is what makes her, her, without the birthmark she wasn't herself and soon past away.
Abby
in a way the birthmark is symbolic of life and how people are not perfict but want to be something there not. if georgianna was perfict then alymer wouldnt have anything to perfect and there would be no story. i think that the birthmark on her cheek is showing how guys can be jerks and want the perfict girl, and it also shows how girls would do anything to get that one guy that they like. its stupid, i say just be yourself and let people see the real you.
~jennie~
Great ideas- maybe it also represents mortality...because we are not perfect we will die. She died when he tried to take away what made her, her.
-Ms. Coppens
The birthmark represents natural beauty. It effectively acts as a symbol because at the end of the story, when the birthmark fades, so does she, which shows the importance of natural beauty.
- Nick P
i agree that the birthmark symbolizes imperfection. it effectivly acts as a symbol because it's what the whole story is about. It acts the way it does because the focus is on this birthmark and how alymer doesn't like it. it also is a lesson that nobody's perfect
kat
I think the birthmark symbolized her beauty and that everyone's opinion of perfect is different. The birthmark is what made Georgiana who she was and once that was taken away she lost who she was and then died
Mary
I agree, I think the birthmark symbolizes life. No one can have perfection in their lives, so as Aylmer tried to perfect her, she died.
-Kate
sup coppens
In my opinion the birthmark sympolizes her life of imperfection.
thats all folks
-mac daddy
I think the birthmark represents life. In life, nobody is perfect. everyone and everything has flaws that cant be changed. And when Aylmer tries to change Georgianas image, she dies. So dont try to change life, or you may have some trouble on your hands.
Brendan
Mostly everyone has written what i am about to write. In my opinion, the chrimson hand upon Georgiana's cheek sybolizes Beauty and Life. This birthmark that is upon her face is a big part of her life. Many men have gazed upon it and wanted her, however Alymer does not believe that it is beautiful. It's kind of heartbreaking. That birthmark was her life!
<33 Courtney C. Pompey
I believe the birth mark represents her, perfect to some yet imperfect to others. When the birthmark is erased of her skin so is her life from the world.
Nick B.
The birthmark is symbolic of "imperfection" and "beauty". It is symbolic of imperfection because Aylmer sees it as a hideous mark that defines Georgiana as ugly. It is beautious by how everyone else sees it as a mark of lovliness. It effectively acts as a symbol by how the characters describe it as a mark of "imperfection". The fact that it stands for something makes it a symbol.
*Wesley*
Along with most of the class, I believe the hand symbolizes imperfections in life and how we need to just deal with them. Alymer couldent deal with one little mark and his thoughts soon spread to Georgiana and when they tried to get rid of it both the mark and her bit the dust.
-David S.
I think the birthmark symbolizes acceptance of the way you are. It acts as a symbol in the story because Alymer does not accept her birthmark so she starts to hate it too. When she does not accept the way she is anymore and Alymer removes her birth mark she dies.
Hilaurie
I think that the birthmark symbolizes the fact that people can't change some things in nature with the use of science and technology. Aylmer tries to remove the birthmark to achieve an 100% perfect wife, because he wasn't satisfied with the way she was. People can continue to create new inventions and technology to make themselves feel superior to nature, but it's just a given fact that we will never be able to change the way certain things are and have been. By screwing around with nature, we might just make things worse (just as Georgiana died).
-catie k
The birthmark is symbolic of a marriage that is doomed to failure from the beginning. Aylmer doesn't truly like Georgiana for who she is, and therefore is disgusted to think he will have to live with her the rest of his life. Therefore, he finds an excuse to not like her, happening to be the birthmark.
-Greg A
The birthmark represents imperfection and also can represent her life and her natural beauty like nicky p said.
-Kevin W
Like most people said I also believe that the birthmark is a symbol of imperfection. It was out of georgiana's hands to have this little hand on her cheek; it can represent natural beauty and innocense because I mean it wasn't her fault that she was born the way she was. Like in our class discussion, a lot men would look at Georgiana and think that it's such a cute flaw of her being but in Alymer's opinion he thinks it's hitious, and it makes Georgiana think that it's horrible as well.
Kaylee
The birthmark is symbolic of the imperfections of the world. it efficently acts this way because in the world people are trying to rid all imperfections. It stands out because people try to find little imperfections in things, and fix them.
Ashley McLeod
The birthmark is a symbol of her life, because when she dies it dies with her.
Katie
For me, the birthmark symbolizes her life, once it is gone, so is she.
The birthmark is something that sets Georgiana out from all the other women, it makes her her, without it she dies.
-Greg r
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