Paper Topic:

COMPARE/CONTRAST

A Comparison Of

The Main Protagonists In

William Faulkner 's A Rose for Emily ' And

Katherine Anne Porter 's The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (Student name ) 1 (Student Name (Professor 's Name (Class (Date of Submission

A Comparison Of The Main Protagonists In William Faulkner 's A Rose for Emily ' And

Katherine Anne Porter 's The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

The similarities and differences between William Faulkner 's A Rose for Emily ' and Katherine Anne Porter 's The Jilting of Granny Weatherall are best seen in a comparison of the two

main characters of the story Emily Grierson and Ellen Weatherall . While the most obvious similarities may be that both were in their twilight years (Emily 74 , Ellen 80 , both were from the South , and both were rejected by men , one must emphasize that both were very strong minded and stubborn as wells . It seems that here the similarities between them end . Emily Grierson and Ellen Weatherall are actually as different as two women can be . At first they appear to be basically similar , however their reactions to changes and events around them show clearly that they think , feel , and react differently

Their reaction to death

Upon the death of her father , Emily kept his body in the house for three days and refused to acknowledge to anyone (even to herself ) that he had indeed passed on . For three days She told them that her father was not dead (2 . They nearly had to take her father 's body by force had she not finally agreed to let them bury him . It is evident that she has trouble letting go of those she has strong affection for

On the other hand , Ellen picked herself up ' after the death of her husband . She was able to take care of herself and her children . She did mourn his passing but she was able to come to terms with it to survive Her faith helped her through her loss (Student name ) 2

Their reaction to life

Like most women of her era , Emily Grierson needed a man around to perform regular household tasks such as paying taxes . She had to rely on the generosity of a certain Colonel Satoris who helped her through her predicament after her father 's death . However when she was made to face the issue of non payment , she denied perfunctorily to everyone concerned that she owed anything . Thus she used her status as a woman , and an old one at that , to try to get away without paying

Fencing in hundred acre farms , rounding up cattle and riding cross country in the dead of winter were not tasks associated with women . Yet upon the death of her husband John , Ellen had to learn to do all these things and more besides . She said , I pay my own bills , and I don 't throw my money away on nonsense (1 . She came across a very independent and strong willed woman

Their manner of death

While it is not stated...

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