Posted: February 22nd, 2016

Analyze the relationship between Alymer and Georgiana in Hawthorne’s “the birthmark”

2. Analyze the relationship between Alymer and Georgiana in Hawthorne’s short
story, “The Birth-mark.” In what ways do mind and heart, imagination and feeling,
and attitudes toward masculine and feminine behavior determine the success or
failure of that relationship?

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