Who Is The Protagonist In The Birthmark

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In the story of “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorn, the protagonist of this story is Aylmer and Georgiana. Antagonist of this story is Aylmer and Aminadab. The Protagonist in the conflict is that when Aylmer told Georgiana (His wife) about her birth mark to get removed. Georgiana got to agree with Aylmer, to remove his birthmark from her cheek. The climactic moment of the conflict was that when Aylmer was testing the liquid front of his wife to prove her, but Georgiana told him that she doesn’t want any kind of proof of the liquid. Resolution of the conflict was when Aylmer gave liquid to Georgiana and she drinks did, but how “the birthmark” was removing from her cheek. At the same time her breath was getting weak and weak and finally, when Georgiana birthmark was removed completely and she died at the end.
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