A short Story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

1. Nathaniel Hawthorne

2. • The story begins showing us a description of
Aylmer.
• Aylmer leave his laboratory into the care of
Aminadab.
• Aylmer married Georgiana
• Aylmer wants to takes off Georgina´s birthmark.
• He gets the poison he needed to remove her
wife´s mark.
• Georgiana drink a colorless liquid.
• Finally she dies.

3. Neoclassicism:
• Beauty
• Perfection
• Order
• Geometry
• Symmetry

4. Excess
• Loss of identity
• Ambition
• Obssesion

5. Science vs. Human Nature

6. “I am careful not to confuse excellence
with perfection. Excellence, I can reach
for; perfection is God's business.”
-Michael J. Fox

7. THANK YOU !