Birthmark

What is at stake in the fact that the story’s thematic issues get worked out on the body of a beautiful woman, Georgiana? What does the text say about the operations of gender?In the "Birthmark", Georgiana and her husband Alymar are searching for physical perfection, much like we do today. Our society has many ways of manifesting its obsession with physical perfection. People go to extreme lengths to achieve perfection. The "Birthmark", written more than a century ago, is an early version of our modern obsession with physical perfection. Society manifests its obsession with physical perfection by having surgical procedures done on daily basis. These surgeries allow for almost any cosmetic transformation. For example a person can have anything from removing a birthmark to inserting breast implants to having a tummy tuck done on their body. Society manifests their obsession with physical perfection by having these procedures done to them. These procedures enable society to achieve "per...