Why Is Aylmer Trying To Rid Georgiana Of The Birthmark?

Why Is Aylmer Trying To Rid Georgiana Of The Birthmark? Aylmer reasons that the birthmark is Nature’s way of showing Georgiana’s mortality and necessary humanity. He wants to remove the mark, then, not because he doesn’t like the way she looks, but because of what the symbol represents to him (see “Symbols, Imagery, Allegory”). How