Read the following excerpt from the "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter:

For a second time there was no sign. Again no bridegroom and the priest in the house. She could not remember any other sorrow because this grief wiped them all away. Oh, no, there's nothing more cruel than this — I'll never forgive it. She stretched herself with a deep breath and blew out the light.

Which phrase from the excerpt most clearly conveys the main character's refusal to let go of her past?

A. blew out the light

B. nothing more cruel

C. was no sign

D. with a deep breath

In the excerpt the speaker describes Granny Weatherall being left at the alter as the cruelest thing a person can do. This shows that the main character has refused to let go of her past because she compares all other cruelties to her jilting and still feels that nothing is worse. Blew out the light and no sign could indicate that she has moved on

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gauravsingh23VT gauravsingh23VT · Answer 2 · 2022-07-30T09:28:16+02:00

Nothing more cruel is the phrase from the excerpt most clearly conveys the main character's refusal to let go of her past. Hence, option B is correct.

What is the concept of the passage?

The speaker in the extract calls leaving Granny Weatherall at the alter the cruellest thing a person can do. The fact that the main character still thinks that her jilting was the worst thing ever reveals that she hasn't been able to move on from her past. blew out the light, leaving no trace that she had left.

The main idea of "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" is how Ellen Weatherall handles loss by pushing on. Her fiance, George, first left her. She consequently suffered a significant loss of self-esteem in addition to losing her future husband.

Thus, option B is correct.

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