Genre
Short fiction
Setting and Context
“Flowering Judas”: Mexico. “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” takes place is Granny’s house.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person omniscient narrator in "Flowering Judas” and “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.”
Tone and Mood
“Flowering Judas”: disturbed and apprehensive.
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”: Solemn, Comical.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Laura is the protagonist in "Flowering Judas," whereas Braggioni is the antagonist. Granny Weatherall is the protagonist, whereas Doctor Harry is the antagonist in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall."
Major Conflict
Laura’s indecisiveness and lack of peace of mind (which is confirmed by the quote "She is not at home in the world"). Laura is not certain whether she should stay put or leave Mexico.
Granny Weatherall’s reluctance to accept her approaching demise is the conflict in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.”
Climax
“Flowering Judas”: Laura’s dream about Eugenio.
Granny’s demise in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.”
Foreshadowing
Laura foreshadows death in “Flowering Judas.”
Granny Weatherall’s demise, which she foreshadowed when she was sixty, ensues when she is eighty
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
Religious allusions in “Flowering Judas” include mentions of Judas and Blessed virgin. In "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," allusions to Catholicism are dominant.
Imagery
Laura’s aloofness towards Braggioni, in “Flowering Judas,” validates that she is not romantically interested in him (Braggioni) despite the benefaction he offers her.
Granny Weatherall’s last day, in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” epitomizes the intersection between inevitable mortality and old age.
Paradox
In "Flowering Judas," Laura spends her days teaching children, who prove their adoration of her, but she feels as if the children are strangers.
In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” Granny envisages that she is delivering a child, yet she is staring at her death.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
‘Ticher’ denotes teacher in “Flowering Judas.” And Gringo denotes non-Hispanic.
Childish denotes Granny's mental retardation, which comes as she ages in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall."
Personification
In Laura’s dream, Eugenio personifies the Judas tree: “This (flowers of the Judas Tree) is my body and my blood.”
In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” Granny personifies Hapsy’s memories to the degree that her conceptions seem authentic.
