Middle School
HasLIVESUVUMFor sixty years she had prayed against remembering himand against losing her soul in the deep pit of hell, and nowthe two things were mingled in one and the thought of himwas a smoky cloud from hell that moved and crept in herhead. Wounded vanity, Ellen, ... Don't let your woundedvanity get the upper hand of you. Plenty of girls get jilted.- "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine AnnePorterBut though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) broughtin upon a platter,Tam no prophet - and here's no great matter;T have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, andsnicker,And in short, I was afraid.- "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T. S. Eliot.Which best states the theme that is developed in both excerpts?