Leah Brown Ms. Meacham British Literature May 1‚ 2008 The Demon Lover In 1946‚ the short story “The Demon Lover”‚ by Elizabeth Bowen‚ was published and brought into consideration by numerous readers who were interested into what was done to the mind and spirit of the English people after the war. Bowen makes use of suspense as the main characteristic in the story. Suspense in used in various conducts all through “The Demon Lover”. The story first takes place in London where a woman‚ Mrs. Drover
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The Demon Lover is a story written by Elizabeth Bowen which leaves a really big question‚ is the character of the story in a psychological trauma or is she being chase by and actual eidolon. This story is quite ambiguous‚ personally I like to think it’s a ghost story‚ just read the title‚ DEMON lover. For me this is a clear indication that the main character is being haunted by a spectral spirit. Subsequently‚ there are many evidences in the story that make me think that there is a ghost chasing
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Elizabeth Bowen "The Demon Lover" In Elizabeth Bowen’s‚ The Demon Lover‚ the story revolves around the central character Mrs. Drover. As the reader finishes the story it is unclear whether she was abducted by the devil‚ her deceased fiancé‚ or she was in the midst of a war time induced hallucination. In order to decipher the events the reader must interrupt the clues concerning the letter‚ Mrs. Drover’s flashback to World War I‚ and determine who the taxi cab driver was. It is my impression that
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DEMON’S WRATH Elizabeth Bowens "The Demon Lover" is the story of Kathleen Drover’s repressed fear driving her to psychotic madness. The story shows us that what you create in your mind is a reflection of who you are inside. Kathleen Drover is an indirect casualty of war. When she was 19‚ Kathleen had lost her fiancé to the First World War. After she heard of his death‚ she had entered a state of depression that lasted 13 years. During this time‚ the pledge of binding love that they had made
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"The Demon Lover” is a confusing short story because it can be interpreted in different ways. Some people might consider it a ghost story. Others might think it is a psychological thriller‚ which makes sense due to the fact that Mrs. Drover presents signals of having a mental problem. However‚ I decided to go with the ghost story for two reasons: it makes it more fun and I feel like there’s more evidence I could use to support that statement‚ even though I do agree she has some kind of mental problem
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3 March 12‚ 2014 The Promise In the short story “The Demon Lover‚” written by Elizabeth Bowen‚ she describes a story of a middle aged woman who had made a promise with her fiancé twenty-five years ago. It begins by Mrs. Kathleen Drover coming back to her old bombed house in London to pick up a few things left behind. While she was there‚ Mrs. Drover finds a letter which makes her recall of her soldier fiancé twenty-five years ago and the promise that he made her make. After she had read the letter
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Critics like Daniel V. Fraustino are determined that this story is not about the trauma of World War I and World War II but a “murder mystery of high drama”[2]. It ought to be underlined that the essay you are reading is aiming to analyze "The Demon Lover" on a more psychological/psychoanalytical basis unlike what Fraustino did… Nevertheless‚ he is very right in last paragraph of his essay saying that this psychological interpretation having “its own kind of special appeal‚”[2]). Indeed‚ this approach
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Elizabeth Bowen’s short story “The Demon Lover‚” the reader is captivated by an obsession from an old love. In the story‚ Mrs. Drover is returning to her abandoned town and empty house to collect some belongings only to be greeted by a presence. Mrs. Drover believes this presence is an old love coming back. In the poem “Obsession” by Dana S. the speaker personifies obsession and gets the reader to sense that obsession can be a presence to anyone. In “The Demon Lover‚” the story opens up with a description
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Ending of the Demon Lover Her loud scream suddenly stops. The taxi is gone‚ the people‚ the place‚ the noise. She finds herself standing alone with all her belongings beside her. The fog made it hard to see. Police sirens are heard from a distance. She starts to get anxious‚ gets her things and walks quickly. The sirens get closer‚ owls and wolves are heard. She left her belongings behind an old tree and began to run. Thinking something might be happening‚ she hid for safety and caught
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certainly possible to make an issue and to make the audience well-aware of its own naivety by the use of an ambivalent title‚ as Elizabeth Bowen and Saki have tried to do with their respective short stories ‘The Demon Lover’ and ‘The Open Window’. The first tale yet‚ ‘The Demon Lover’‚ shows that it is not that difficult to put one on the wrong track. The title implies that it might be a ghost story‚ which was still very popular those days‚ but after a first lecture we can conclude that this is
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