School of criticism: Feminist criticism (1960’s-present)
Tex: The Birthmark, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Question 1: What does the work say about women’s creativity?
The portrayal of the woman represented in The Birthmark best identifies with the portrayal of women who are taught to deny their creativity and deem it as a social indifference that makes them less than. During this short story we watch as her husband becomes repulsed by the mere sight of his wife’s birthmark. During the beginning of the story we see a side of Georgiana that embraces her indifference, she even attempts to defend her birthmark to Aylmer by explaining the beauty that others seen in her birthmark. The true diminishing to Georgiana’s embodiment of feminism is constantly