Journal

Georgiana is unable to hide her emotions about her birthmark and appears to be vulnerable. She begins to fear that the birthmark stands between her and her husband’s love. One night she voluntarily brings up the subject about the birthmark. She asks Aylmer about his dream from the night before. She is now referring to her charm birthmark as an odious hand. By the way she is mentioning her birthmark, the reader can tell she is becoming hostile towards it. Georgiana now brings up the phrase that Aylmer screamed out in his dream: “it is in her heart now; we must have it out” . From this point on, Aylmer has done enough criticizing and Georgiana now despises her odious hand. She is worried that if she gets the operation done that her face could be deformed or maybe the stain on her cheek is as deep as her skin. Aylmer comforts her and claims he has spent a great amount of time researching this procedure. Georgiana can tell her husband is very eager to make the change so she agrees to it because of him. She desperately says, “let the attempt be made, at whatever risk. Danger is nothing to me; for life, while this hateful mark makes me the object of your horror and disgust…” She has completely changed her mind about her birthmark and wants to make him happy so she can be happy too. Georgiana is showing how deeply affected she is by the thought of her husband’s displeasure.