Young Goodman Brown and Other Hawthorne Short Stories

the birthmark by nathaniel hawthorne

Georgiana symbolizes what?

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Georgiana symbolizes what Hawthorne saw as the ideal wife, the "good" wife. She did everything he asked of her without question, even knowing that his experiment would likely mean her death.

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The Birthmark