In 'The Birthmark, Hawthorne develops the theme that the quest for perfection is destined to fail Which details from the story contribute to the development of this theme? Select the TWO correct answers. A. "Do not repent that with so high and pure a feeling, you have rejected the best the earth could offer. Aylmer, dearest Aylmer, I am dying!"
B. "Perhaps its removal may cause cureless deformity, or it may be the stain goes as deep as life itself.''
c. "The crimson hand, which at first had been strongly visible upon the marble paleness of Georgiana's cheek, now grew more faintly outlined."
D. "...for his spirit was ever on the march, ever ascending, and each instant required something that was beyond the scope of the instant before."