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A 6 page research paper that compares and contrasts William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Katherine Anne Porter's "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall." Both authors focus on women who were jilted by lovers in their youth and the impact that this had on the rest of their lives. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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in their youth and the impact that this had on the rest of their lives. While the two protagonists have this feature in common, these women and the context
of their stories are quite different. Ellen Weatherall confronts her pain and takes her vengeance by living her life and "getting back" everything that was taken away from her --
husband, home and children. Emily never has to face such a struggle because she retreats into insanity. In her mind, Emily has precisely what she wants. Porters story takes
place during the last hours of Ellen Weatheralls long life. She is eighty years of age and considers her doctor to be far too young to be effective. As she
slips in and out of consciousness, Porter reveals the details of Ellens life in bits and pieces through poignant flashbacks. It is obvious that Ellen is a strong woman, used
to independence, as she resents mightily being dependent on her daughter, Cornelia. As her dutiful daughter fawns over her, Ellen doesnt indulge in self-pity or accept a position as being
needful of help. Instead her attitude is combative, yet she does not express these sentiments to her daughter. She would never actually hurt Cornelias feelings. Granny has been too good
a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She has taken each day
as it came and did what was appropriate at the correct time. Tomorrow would come and somehow things got finished. "Things were finished somehow when the time came; thank God
there was always a little margin over for peace, then a person could spread out the plan of life and tuck in the edges orderly" (Porter 123). Obviously, Granny
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