Symbols in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”
Do the following:
1) Find and document (give context & paragraph #) the
occurrences of the symbols listed below.
 Weatherall
 “jilting”
 light
 dark(ness)
 Hapsy
2) Answer the following questions:
• What connotations can be associated with each
word or phrase?
• Is each symbol cultural or contextual?
• What does each symbolize?
• How is each symbol important to the short story as a
whole? (Its moral, theme, etc…)