Throughout our lives, we as people encounter decisive perseverance that ultimately defines who we are as people, and how we are perceived by others; an enduring sequence of life brought on by humanity. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark”, a prodigious alchemist named Aylmer experiences toilsome perseverance while attempting to remove an odious birthmark residing on the face of his beautiful, but imperfect wife Georgiana; going to extremes to assist in its removal. Aylmer performs many trials of experiments on his wife as he faces his intolerable predilection to restore perfection to his wife; forming a costly rivalry between love and science.
Philosophy and science have always been significantly impactful topics throughout history, aiding in the development of new technologies and unprecedented topics; a burning passion for which Aylmer possessed within his intertwining worlds of both his wife and his laboratory. Along with Aylmer's exceptionally intimate
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As a part of humanity, we as people often hypothesize ambitious desires in which we may not realize the full complexity of the task at hand; an enduring fight against human nature in which no one can relieve. What motivates an individual in life should lead to a moral, well organized hypothesis that recognizes the boundaries we as people face in order to solve the problem at hand. In addition, an intangible entity or unattainable desire should always be discarded as the force of nature will always prevail throughout our lives. Life is an unpredictable sequence of motivations that defines who we are as people, and what we will accomplish as we proceed through life; Aylmer’s weak sense of morality combined with his profound predilection to attain perfection, was ultimately countered with a penalty presented by the pure force of