The Birthmark - TWIST Analysis
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The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray
In the “The Birthmark”, the narrator introduces Aylmer, a brilliant scientist, and his wife Georgiana. Aylmer loves his wife, but she has a small birthmark on the side of her left cheek that he despises. This is a dark and eerie tale of one man’s unhealthy obsession with perfection, leaving readers with thoughts on science, life, and love.
Acronyms Explained: TWIST + TP-CASTT
By Emily Swartz
Two acronyms to start incorporating with your ELA students are TWIST and TP-CASTT. Both highlight important concepts from the work and will help increase overall literary comprehension!
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Storyboard Description
The Birthmark Analysis | Use TWIST to analyze stories!
Storyboard Text
- T - TONE
- W - WORD CHOICE
- I - IMAGERY
- S - STYLE
- T - THEME
- 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.
- Degregating, ineludible, sin, sorrow, death, decay, sombre, frightening, trouble, horror.
- “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.
- The narrator uses particular imagery and word choice in his description to illustrate Aylmer’s disdain and disappointment in Georgiana’s lack of perfection.
- 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.
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