... her birthmark, which represents her innocence. When Aylmer removes the birthmark, not only has her innocence been taken but also her life. Similarly as Hawthorne used like writing techniques and themes in both "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" and "The Birthmark", he also used symbols to represent the same ideas. In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" Hawthorne uses Dr Heidegger's friends to represent flawed beings ... 's Experiment" the symbol of write and wrong was the near dead butterfly who was brought back to life by the spilt water of youth. The butterfly is traditionally a symbol of metamorph...

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