Diving straight into the story i believe that the scientist, Aylmer could possibly be a direct reflection of Hawthorne himself. Here's why; Hawthorne is known to have been greatly affected by his grandfather's actions towards the twenty some-odd women he condemned to death due to false allocations of "witch craft." There's a feeling of guilt and definite obsession over these actions that his grandfather did; something Hawthorne never had any part of or control for that matter.
One may argue that Aylmer might have felt that it was his duty as a scientist, perfectionist and Georgiana's husband to rid her of this imperfection. But even more so than just a duty, Aylmer wanted to create, and give Georgiana a 'rebirth' from her mortal, imperfect body to an 'immortal' vessel that would be the most perfect and beautiful thing on Earth. The true, concrete connection between the two are their obsession over the unattainable or even more so the uncontrollable.
I don't personally know about Hawthorne but nature decides that because Aylmer is trying too hard to create a beautiful thing when nature had already given the world Georgiana's beauty; that nature would also take her beauty and Georgiana away from the world and from her obsessive husband.
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