The Birth-Mark

How is the conflict between Georgiana and Aylmer resolved over the course of the text?

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An anxious Aylmer enters Georgiana’s room with a colorless liquid and assures her "it [the potion] cannot fail" (163). To demonstrate the power of the solution to Georgiana, Aylmer uses it to erase yellow blotches on a geranium. Georgiana proceeds to drink the liquid, declares it to be delicious, and falls asleep. Aylmer observes her anxiously yet tenderly, and, eventually, the birthmark fades. Aminadab laughs, and Aylmer’s triumphant exclamations about the experiment’s success awake Georgiana. She gazes into the mirror and tells Aylmer, "you have aimed loftily; you have done nobly. Do not repent that with so high and pure a feeling, you have rejected the best the earth could offer" (165). Georgiana dies moments later.