The Birthmark - TWIST Analysis

The Birthmark - TWIST Analysis

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The Birthmark Analysis | Use TWIST to analyze stories!

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  • Disgusted: Aylmer has a grotesque fascination with Georgiana’s birthmark. Instead of seeing it as a mark of uniqueness he see’s it as an imperfection.
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  • Degregating, ineludible, sin, sorrow, death, decay, sombre, frightening, trouble, horror.
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  • “The crimson hand expressed the ineludible gripe in which mortality clutches the highest and purest of 6 earthly mould...” The sight of the birthmark reminds Aylmer of Georgiana’s near perfection.
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  • The narrator uses particular imagery and word choice in his description to illustrate Aylmer’s disdain and disappointment in Georgiana’s lack of perfection.
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  • From a Puritan perspective, a possible interpretation for this short passage is that man is flawed and sinful. The lack of perfection he sees in Georgiana is in fact the imperfection in man.