Question

In “The Birthmark,” Hawthorne develops the theme that, for some, physical flaws are evidence of character flaws.

Answer 1

The details from the story that contribute to the development of the theme that for some, physical flaws are evidence of character flaws are:

• A. "'…you came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature that this slightest possible defect, which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty, shocks me, as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection.'"

• B. "In this manner, selecting it as the symbol of his wife’s liability to sin, sorrow, decay, and death, Aylmer’s sombre imagination was not long in rendering the birthmark a frightful object…"

• According to the given question, we are meant to show how the author of The Birthmark developed the theme that physical flaws are evidence of charactee flaws for some people.

• The first detail comes from the dialogue about someone coming out so perfect and because of a slight defect, there is already evidence of earthly imperfection. This shows that the speaker believes that this defect is a character flaw.

• Furthermore, the second detail is about a speaker saying that a birthmark is the reason for his wife's inability to sin or to decay and die.

• Therefore, the correct answers are options A and B.

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