The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Characters

With her gruff appearance and ornery temper, Granny Weatherall makes Oscar the Grouch look charming. From the moment we first meet her on her deathbed, vehemently insisting that she doesn't need an...

We Don't Really Know You (But We Really Like You)We don't know all that much about Cornelia aside from what Granny tells us about her, along with what we can gather from her few lines of dialogue....

Doctor Harry just loves to egg Granny on, doesn't he? When she resists his attempts to examine her at the very beginning of the story, he tells her: Now, now, be a good girl, and we'll have you up...

Our initial reaction when Father Connolly shows up toward the end of the story can be best described as a simple "Uh oh." Things are usually not looking too good when you see a priest called to som...

Granny's adult children, Jimmy and Lydia, show up at the very end of the story and hardly say a word. By then, Granny is close to her own end and barely recognizes them: Their faces drifted above h...

Blink and you'll miss her. The nurse briefly appears when Cornelia introduces Doctor Harry the second time around. Granny probably mistakes the nurse for Hapsy when she thinks she sees Hapsy wearin...