Old Mortality

Throughout Katherine Anne Porters Old Mortality, a variety of elements are present. Some of which consist of romance, memories and the illusions instilled upon the legendary status of Amy. All of these elements play a solid role towards the persuasion of Miranda. They persuaded her into acting on certain ideas that she pulled out of the stories about her Aunt Amy. Now even though Aunt Amy was portrayed in a very special light, the elements …

…believe that the negative force is much greater than the positive force especially present in Miranda’s life. There is nothing wrong with her wanting to get out on her own, see the world and experience, but she needs to learn about herself from her Aunt Amy and not fall into the same traps that she is so destined to do. Bibliography Bibliography 1) Beaty, Jerome. The Short Novel. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1999.