The light was blue from Cornelia's silk lampshades. No

sort of light at all, just frippery. You had to live forty years

with kerosene lamps to appreciate honest electricity. She

felt very strong and she saw Doctor Harry with a rosy

nimbus around him.

Which statement provides the best analysis of the passages symbolism?

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A. The electric light stands for Granny Weatherall's anger.

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B. The nimbus represents Granny Weatherall's changing perceptions.

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C. Doctor Harry is Granny Weatherall's estranged lover.

D. Granny Weatherall's letters are symbols for her secrets.

Explanation: the answer is B

The answer is indeed letter B. The nimbus represents Granny Weatherall's changing perceptions.

Explanation:

The excerpt we are studying here was taken from the short story "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter. The main character is Granny Weatherall, an 80-year-old woman who is about to die. While lying in bed, Granny's thoughts become a messy mixture of memories and imaginary conversations. That is what the nimbus represents in the passage "She felt very strong and she saw Doctor Harry with a rosy nimbus around him." Her brain can no longer be trusted, her perceptions are constantly changing.

Granny Weatherall spends her last moments alive recalling the saddest event of her life: being abandoned by her fiancé George, the man she first loved. Granny goes back and forth between those memories and reality, confusing them. Even though she is a proud woman, she wishes George could see how well she did after marrying John.