The writer also argues that Hawthorne's story was about morality by outlining the ethical implications of different characters who have different ideas. The issue of potential actions characterized by both external and internal drawbacks is deeply concerned with the often buried factors that drive people to interact with moral nature and face its consequences. The article also analyzes men's spontaneous fear of body difference compared to that of women. The story is seen as a series of challenges undergone by lovely women with men, such as Aylmer who is obsessed with his wife's obsession.8. Male, Roy R. "Hawthorne and the Concept of Sympathy." Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. (1953): 138-149. The author supports Hawthorne's story by showing that it was right-leaning and supplemented older ones with the use of a distorted image of the Puritan anachronism - which was the solitary life. The connection of fundamental issues of immediate predecessors that cannot be simultaneously assessed in the relevance of influential passages. The climate of opinion approach is considered rewarding in connection with Hawthorne's work. 9. Goldenberg, Jamie L. and Tomi-Ann Roberts. “The Birthmark: An Existential Account of the Objectification of Women."