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Colonel Killigrew, a character from Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The Birthmark," loses his wife, Georgiana, due to his obsessive quest for perfection. His relentless desire to remove her birthmark, which he perceives as a flaw, ultimately leads to her death during the process. This loss highlights the dangers of striving for unattainable ideals and the consequences of valuing perfection over love and acceptance.

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