Aylmer says, “Georgiana, you came so almost perfect from the hand of nature” (Hawthorne). The author refers to God through nature, we notice that each word “Nature” in this story begins with a capital word. God is symbolized in the story as Nature. Aylmer was therefore neither satisfied with nor grateful to God's creation. He considers Georgiana's birthmark to be an earthly imperfection. He wants her to be perfect, literally like an angel. Aylmer's arrogance blinds him, so he decides to take matters into his own hands, defying nature. He tries to do this by any means possible, but he knew somewhere deep in his heart that this would lead to consequences: Georgiana's death. The foreshadowing was clear from the beginning of the story, through Aylmer's dream. The reader was not really surprised by Georgiana's death. The moral of the story is that husbands were willing to do whatever they could to satisfy their own desires and raise their reputation among others.