To Be Or Not To Be
...hen her dress is snagged, and the final stop at the hospital, allow us to feel the reality of her situation, and gives us the opportunity to compare it to other works, such as The Grapes of Wrath. Welty employs well-rounded characters that allow the reader to relate and gasp at the astounding similarities between Ms. Jackson and the mythological phoenix. Through the events that happened on Phoenix Jackson’s journey, we can see that she goes through different phases or episodes, that allow her to be reborn, just as the phoenix of mythology. The different stops allow us to see her come from the ashes, or in this case, the ditch. Welty commonly refers to allusions to help Phoenix Jackson out when coming upon obstacles. W...