A) He believes it is a sign of her mortality and imperfection.
Read the following passage from "The Birthmark."
With the morning twilight Aylmer opened his eyes upon his wife’s face and recognized the symbol of imperfection; and when they sat together at the evening hearth his eyes wandered stealthily to her cheek, and beheld, flickering with the blaze of the wood fire, the spectral hand that wrote mortality where he would fain have worshipped.
What does Aylmer initially believe of Georgiana's birthmark?
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A) He believes it is a sign of her mortality and imperfection.
A) He believes it is a sign of her mortality and imperfection.
B) He believes it is a mark of her beauty and charm.
B) He believes it is a mark of her beauty and charm.
C) He believes it is a result of a curse placed upon her by a jealous rival.
C) He believes it is a result of a curse placed upon her by a jealous rival.
D) He believes it is a mark of her supernatural powers.
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