Alexis Roulhac Professor Angela Jacobs ENC 1102 April 1, 2014 Annotated Bibliography

Colson, Theodore Analogues of Faulkners The Wild Palms and Hawthornes The Birthmark. Dalhousie Review 56.3(autumn 1976):510-518. Gale, 2006.Literature Resource Center. Web. 30 March 2014

The main points in this source include symbolism contained in Hawthornes The Birthmark. The Source explains in detail what the birthmark on the wifes cheek really symbolizes. This article gives one example of how the birthmark can symbolizes impurity. The source also contains Analogues of The Birthmark in actual context. Through details the author of this article This source is credible and the goal is to give examples of what the birthmark actually symbolizes, and the reasons. This source compares to another story. The article by Theodore Colson is helpful however, it contains a lot of informational that I didnt find useful. There was information I found to be confusing, and it didnt really help to improve my essay.

Fetterly, Judith. Women Beware Science: The Birthmark. Critical Essays on Hawthornes Short Stories. Ed.Albert J.Von Frank. Boston Mass.:G.K. Hall & Co., 1991.164-172. Gale. 2006. Literature Resource Center .Web.30 Mar.2014

The main points in this source include how feminism is examined in the story The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Judith Fetterly talks about how the birthmark contends and explores a mans compulsion to idealize women. The author of this article also brings up how one cant imagine this story in reverse; A woman scrutinizing her husband to make him perfect. This article is helpful because it really goes into detail about how feminism is a factor in this story. This article is also very credible find this article to be useful because there are many things that are examined that I didnt see before. This article speaks from a womans point of view therefore feminist perspective is shown. Womens opinions, and every way possible that feminism can be shown in this story was present in this article found this article to be reliable because there were many details of women equality. The time period and setting was discussed on how women didnt have much equality as they do now, especially being in another country.

Explanation of: 'The Birth-Mark' by Nathaniel Hawthorne." Lit Finder Contemporary Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Lit Finder. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. This resource was very helpful it contained information that I didnt know. The article basically summarized the story The Birthmark This article also told about how the setting and the time period was a factor in how the story was written , in the 18th century. This entry was very brief however, it did contain good information. The entry was reliable. The article also helped me to learn a little more about the story for example, how the birthmark was shaped, and how its shape was a hand. How the birthmark is explicitly a symbol of imperfection is derived.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Birthmark. Hawthornes short stories. Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.177.litfinder.web.13 April. 2014

In this article a synopsis is given of The Birthmark. There are many quotes given from the actual text in this article. After evidence from the text, there was an explanation of how symbol were evident. Aylmer perceived the birthmark on Georgianas face as imperfection, this article there were many reasons why he may have not found her birthmark to be a symbol of beauty, and to simply accept her as she was.