"The Birth-Mark," written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is really a tragedy, which talks about a woman's death of the disappearance of her birth-mark. At first, I thought Aylmer was the only murderer of Georgiana's death, but latter I found her own attitude was also the reason; in other words, this incident resulted from both Aylmer and Georgiana's ignorance and foolishness. I would like to discuss their deeds and mindsets related respectively. In the beginning of "The Birth-Mark," viewed as a promising scientist, Aylmer believed in his ability on scientific field so deeply that he wanted to remove Georgiana's birth-mark for considering it a symbol of death. ˜'In this manner, selecting it as the symbol of his wife's liability to sin, sorrow, decay, and death, Aylmer's somber imagination was not long in rendering the birthmark a frightful object.'' (par. 8) Obviously, he had no other ideas in his mind but the intention to part with the birth-mark. Although he has once dreamed that it was the link to Georgiana's life, he firmly embarked on the way to get rid of it even if she would be sacrificed. ˜'But the deeper went the knife, the deeper sank the hand, until at length its tiny grasp appeared to have caught hold of Georgiana's heart; whence, however, her husband was inexorably resolved to cut or wrench it away.'' (par. 14) In the end, she died of the experiment, in which her birth-mark was removed. It was until "perfect" Georgiana's death could Aylmer realize the moral that humans are born imperfect. "The fatal hand had grappled with the mystery of life, and was the bond by which an angelic spirit kept itself in union with a mortal frame" (par. 90). When it comes to Georgiana, her birth-mark was once seen as a kind of charm, but Aylmer's thoughts then influenced her, confusing her whether the birth-mark was a good thing or not. She was in a dilemma but eventually chose to surrender. "I shall quaff whatever draught you bring me; but it wi