Thus, selecting him as a symbol of his wife's responsibility to sin, pain, decay and death” (8). This certainly describes how mad Aylmer is for this sin of a mark on her face. Throughout the story Hawthorn uses this strategy to provide a vivid image and description of his characters to communicate deeply with the situation. Hawthorne also uses symbolism in the quote: “To explain this conversation it must be said that in the center of Georgiana's left cheek there was a singular mark, deeply intertwined, as it were, with the structure and substance of her face. In the usual state of her complexion, healthy but delicate, the mark took on a deeper crimson hue, which imperfectly defined its shape amid the rosy surroundings. As he blushed, he gradually became more indistinct, and finally vanished amidst the triumphant rush