In "The Birthmark," Hawthorne develops the theme that insistence on physical perfection often leads to emotional harm.

Which detail from the story BEST contributes to the development of this theme?

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"Aylmer's sombre imagination was not long in rendering the birthmark a frightful object, causing him more trouble and horror than ever Georgiana's beauty, whether of soul or sense, had given him delight."

"'Then why did you take me from my mother's side? You cannot love what shocks you!'"

"It must not be concealed, however, that the impression wrought by this fairy sign manual varied exceedingly, according to the difference of temperament in the beholders."

"Here, too, at an earlier period, he had studied the wonders of the human frame, and attempted to fathom the very process by which Nature assimilates all her precious influences from earth and air…"