What if he did run away and leave me to face the priest Dy 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
thank 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?