Topic > Symbols in the Lottery by Shirley Jackson - 1077

Symbolism can also be represented by time and colors, as is done in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter. Throughout the story, Porter uses time like fog to represent hell and uses bright colors like blue to represent what is good like Heaven. The bad weather that Grandma fearfully sees throughout the story symbolizes not only her impending death, but her fear of ending up.