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Comparing A Rose For Emily And The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall

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Authors use characters for creative purposes and to convey messages. They also use characters to form stories, examine the dangers or choices these characters have to make, and are used to develop themes. Moreover, characters have to to possess qualities that readers can relate to. In the case of "A Rose for Emily" and "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" , the main characters and how the roles they play center on the loss of love, repression and grudges, and how they can turn a soul into something unrecognizable is analyzed. Emily and Granny had a first love, which they lost, and then found a new love. Emily’s first love was her father, and when he died she was devastated until she met Homer, but then she killed him. Granny's first love was George, but then he jilted her at their wedding, and left her feeling depressed. Then she met and they married John and had children but then he died. Another similarity is that Emily and Granny hid their love lifes. Emily did not have friends to talk to when her father died or when she killed Homer, and Granny never told her children about her jilting. …show more content…

Another difference between these women is Granny was independent unlike Emily who was dependent. Emily wasn't strong to handle the death of her father. She lost her mind and let his body rot in her house for three days until she accepted his passing. When Homer came into her life he became significant to her and when she found out he was going to leave her, she killed him so he wouldn't leave her. Also, Granny did not confuse illusion with reality when it came to love, besidess the fact that she could not forget George. Which made her love turn to hate, made her want to show George what she had done with her life. She wanted George to believe she was better off without him, when really she was trying to cover the hole he left her

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Also, from dying at such a young age, she never got to grow old with George and see her kids grow up, fall in love, and have children. Emily took what little time she had alive for granted and never really realized it until she passed

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Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” and Katherine Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” differ in a variety of ways. When compared, they each have drastically different plots and writing styles, along with their own unique characters. These characters, which are drastically different, have unique personalities which helps progress the plot. Some are complex focal points of the story, while others behave more as a plot device implemented by the author to drive his or her story forward. When evaluating a character, such as Montresor from the “The Cask of Amontillado”, it is easy to see how complex and in depth some characters are.

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Both Emily and Robert are prematurely judged by the narrators in both stories, and the assumptions are so far fetched from the reality. Miss. Emily is perceived to be a lonely old woman, whom nobody ever spoke with. Since they never talk with her or learn anything about what is going on in her life, the townspeople begin to gossip to make up for this. They knew her father had driven away any man from becoming close to her, and they just thought to themselves, “ poor Emily” (32).

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Emily was isolated by her father, isolated her from men and let Homer Barron isolated her permanently. Emily was sick for a long time, her hair was cut short and looks like a girl, she had grown fat also and her hair was turning grey. Emily's love story is not a traditional romance because their relationship is shrouded in mystery. And they met but are not destined to be together. The relationship ends abruptly, instead of spending more time with Emily, but what Emily perceives as romantic interest is merely platonic from his

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Finally, they both live with their victims, for instance the Landlady stuffs her victims and then has the corpses remain in the bordering house and Emily leaves Homer’s rotting corpse in her bed for her to sleep with. These characters also have many differences between them. For one difference, they did different things to their victims’ corpses, for instance, Emily slept with Homer’s corpse while the Landlady stuffed her victims and gave them rooms in the boarding

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Not only that, as Homer becomes a popular figure in town and is seen taking Emily on buggy rides on Sunday afternoons, it scandalizes the town and increases the condescension and pity they have for Emily. They feel that she is forgetting her family pride and becoming involved with a man beneath her station. Even though Emily is from the high class family, it does not mean that she is living up to the pleasant lifestyle. As a matter of fact, she is actually living a gloomy and desolate life, which is essentially the opposite lifestyle expected for Emily's rank in society by the townspeople. Although Emily once represented a great southern tradition centering on the landed gentry with their vast holdings and considerable resources, Emily's legacy has devolved, making her more a duty and an obligation than a romanticized vestige of a dying order.

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