“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” (story)/ The Jilting of Granny Weatherall(film)
Minimum Length: 500 words (excluding Works Cited and quotes)
Othe requirements:
1. Works Cited page with at least three entries, including one for the film, one for the story as it appears in our textbook, and at least one critical essay.
2. The paper must include at least two direct quotations from the story (with matching parenthetical citations) and at least one quote from a critical essay (also with parenthetical citation). No use of wikipedia, sparknotes, Cliff’s notes, please.
The focus of this paper should be on the film version and the success or failure of the adaptation of the original short story. The obvious things to look for include fidelity of the script to the original story, acting, setting and photography, and direction, but I would also ask you to consider, in light of other stories we have read, how difficult “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” (story) was to adapt to film. Some stories would seem to be relatively easy to film; others would not. I’m asking you to think about what, in particular, makes “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” (story) difficult and what strategies The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (film) uses to overcome these difficulties.
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