An Analysis of the Women Characters in A Rose for Emily and The Jilt⁃ing of Granny Weatherall

摘要

This paper provides a literary analysis of“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”by Katherine Anne Porter and“A Rose for Emily”by William Faulkner through the point of characterization. The main characters in the stories share several important similarities. However, each author has succeeded in portraying two very different women by adopting the unique point of view, different methods of characterization respectively, thus making both Miss Emily and Granny Weatherall vividly appear as the way they are, not simple characters resembling each other.