Jilting in William Faulkners A Rose for Emily and Katherine Anne Porte

Jilting in William Faulkners A Rose for Emily and Katherine Anne Porters The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Websters dictionary defines the word jilt as the act of rejecting a lover. So to be deserted by a nonher, left at the altar, or unwanted by another, is to be jilted. In William Faulkners A Rose for Emily and in The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter, Emily and Granny Weatherall through let on the course of their lives experience jilting several times. In turn, this rejection places a significant emphasis on some(prenominal) of their lives. After Emilys father passes away in A Rose for Emily, Emilys sweetheart rejects her. The only man that her father must have authorise of ran out on her, leaving her all alone. It must have been unbearable for Emily, to loose the two most important people in her life within such a short time of each other. Emilys father, Mr. Grierson sent away all of the young men who had come to court her. They were not rather go od enough for his little girl. He shut her off from society by standing in the front door clutching a horsewhip. He did not allow Emily to go into town to see how people lived their life. Nor did he allow her to meet people and make friends. Instead, Emilys father kept her in the rear and isolated her from society. This isolation caused Emily to become resistant to change. With no one to turn to in her time of need, Emily was forced into a period of isolation. Because her father had isolated her for the showtime thirty years of her life, being secluded from the community was all she knew. The narrator (the town) points out, After her fathers death she went out very little afterward her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all. By iso... ...gain no bridegroom and the priest in the house. She could not remember any other ruefulness because this grief wiped them all away. Oh, no theres nothing more cruel than thisIll never forgive it. She stretched herself with a deep b reath and blew out the light. This second jilting at death makes the first jilting by George more moving and intensely powerful. The light, which she blows out, represents her life and she descends into the blackness of death, jilted again. Being rejected by a lover can have a major impact on ones life as it did for Emily, in A Rose for Emily and as it did for Granny, in The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. One must find it in their heart to forgive and forget and move on with their life. The jilting of Emily and Granny Weatherall shows how time changes and how it must be embraced, for better or for worse, because the past is no more.