Journal

In the short story, the reader can tell that Georgiana is very insecure about her looks once Aylmer points out her flaw. Aylmer asks her whether she has thought about removing it. She responds and is trying to brush off the question. She says, “it has been so often called a charm, that I was simple enough to imagine it might be so.” At that point of the story, Georgiana does not know how upset her husband is about the flaw. As their conversation proceeds, he then starts to discuss his disgust about Georgiana's birthmark. He expresses his concern: “...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 beaut, shocks me, as bring the visible mark of earthly imperfection.”Georgiana, of course, does not agree with his statement and is at first resistant to listening to him. Aylmer starts putting negativity in her head about her birthmark: “Ah, upon another face perhaps it might...but never on yours”  Georgiana finally acts out and argues back, which is stunning for a person who usually is so submissive. She is the type of wife that will treat her husband like her master. She cries, “then why did you take me from my mother’s side? You cannot love what shocks you.” Georgiana is feeling very insecure because the man she devotes herself to is suddenly making her feel not good enough. Typical Georgiana must do something in order to please her husband to make him love her again.