Elizabeth Bowen The Demon's Lover

The story "The Demon's Lover” written by Elizabeth Bowen is a story were you can see ambiguity at its finest. In this case there are two ways to interpret the story, there is the psychological and the spiritual way of interpreting the plot of the story. The setting is in the city of London during the London Blitz meaning that it was during World War II. In my opinion I think that Mrs. Drover is suffering from a psychological disorder or trauma caused by the war.

Mrs. Drover is the main character of the story. Apparently she flees from London and moved to the countryside but in the story she is coming back to get some personal things for her family that were left behind, so she is back in London. There are many reasons why we can say that