Read the following excerpts in which granny weatherall, from katherine anne porter's "the jilting of granny weatherall," and j. alfred prufrock, from t. s eliot's "the love song of j. alfred prufrock, assess their pasts:

god give a sign! for a second time there was no sign. again no bridegroom and the priest in the house. she could not remember any other sorrow because this grief wiped them all away. oh, no, there's nothing more cruel than this i'll never forgive it. she stretched herself with a deep breath and blew out the light.
-the jlting of granny weatherall"' by katherine anne porter

shall i say, i have gone at dusk through narrow streets and watched the smoke that rises from the pipes of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows? . i should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
- the love song of j. alfred prufrock, by t. s. eliot.

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

a. some grief must be endured.

b. live life to the fullest.

c. forgive and be happy.

d. peace is in the present tense.