What if he did run away and leave me to face the priest by

myself? i found another a whole world better. i wouldn't

have exchanged my husband for anybody except st.

michael himself, and you may tell him that for me with a

you in the bargain.

–"the jilting of granny weatherall" by katherine anne

porter

no! i am not prince hamlet, nor was meant to be;

am an attendant lord, one that will do

to swell a progress, start a scene or two,

advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,

deferential, glad to be of use,

politic, cautious, and meticulous;

-"the love song of j. alfred prufrock," by t. s. eliot.

which best states the theme that is developed in both excerpts?