A "jilt", as defined by Webster's Dictionary, means, " To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously. " The character Granny Weatherall, in the short story " The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter, endures two jilts in her life. The first one being that she got jilted, or dropped, by her "bridegroom", George. Her second jilt is that she is dropped by God.
             After being left at "the alter" by George, her first true love, Granny Weatherall grows hard and unforgiving towards him, developing a hate for him that will haunt her for eternity. Saying, "the thought of him was a smoky cloud from hell", proves this. She continues her life; she marries and has the family she wanted. The whole time she's carrying the hard feelings. If one refers back to the Webster's definition of "jilting", it says, "to deceive a lover", if you think about it, didn't Granny deceive the man she married? What I am saying is that you have to have an open heart to love, and anyone that carried that much hatred for someone couldn't have an open heart, love is sometimes said to have a cleansing effect, and it doesn't look like she truly loved her husband. But that is just a thought I pondered on.
             The second jilt takes place at the end of this bitter old woman's life. Just like in the first jilt, she is left there with no "bridegroom" with the priest in the house, just like when George left her at the alter. But this time her "bridegroom" is God. As Granny is on her deathbed she still has the thoughts of her anger for George running through her head. Recalling all of this she becomes even angrier with him. She starts asking for him and saying to tell him, "I forgot him. I want him to know I had my husband
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