Granny Weatherall

The Story begins with Granny Weatherall already lying on her deathbed. Granny is having mental flashbacks as the end of her life approaches like "a fog [rising] over the valley." Porter uses the foggy weather to show the cloudiness and disillusionment that Granny seems to be receiving as the end of her life becomes more and more apparent. Granny recalls events throughout her life, from being left at the altar on her wedding day, (her first “jilting”) to losing a child, to coming to an understanding with her own death as we later see towards the end of the story. Porter also uses another form of symbolism as she states “The blue light from Cornelia’s lampshade drew into a tiny point in the center of her brain, it flickered and winked like an eye, and quietly it fluttered and dwindled.” The blue light can be a representation of Granny Weatherall’s spirit. Just as Granny Weatherall’s time is dwindling down, the blue lamp shade is also