Ambiguism In The Demon Lover By Elizabeth Bowen

The events in Elisabeth Bower's 'The Demon Lover'; can be explained naturally. The story being as vague as it is leads most to concur with the title of the story and imagine that there is a supernatural aspect in the story. In the short story, Kathleen has returned to her home in London that has been abandoned during the bombing of World War II. She is not expected, yet she finds a letter addressed to her on a table in the hallway. Twenty-five years has past since the leaving of her former lover during World War I. Kathleen's lover is had been presumed dead after months of being missing in action and she has moved on. She is now married to a William Dover and living the countryside with her immediate

In the “Demon Lover”, Elizabeth Bowen uses foreshadowing, flashback, and point of view to convey a story of a young woman haunted by her pass. In the short story The Demon Lover, Mrs. Drover returns to her home to collect some personal belongings during the aftermath of a recent bombing, while gathering things she finds a letter and thinks of her long-dead fiancé. This causes for questions to rise. Imagery, flashback, and point of view are all used to convey the story of The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen.

In "The Demon Lover," by Elizabeth Bowen, Kathleen Drover returns to London from her house in the country in order to gather some things that she and her husband had abandoned during the bombings of the war. It is a humid, rainy day in late August and her once familiar street is now mostly deserted. The caretaker of her house is supposed to be out of town for a week and her arrival is assumed unknown. Mrs. Drover enters the old musty house and discovers a letter addressed to herself and it is marked with the present date. Curious to know if the caretaker is back in town and a little annoyed by the letter seeming to have no urgency in being mailed to her, she proceeds upstairs to her old bedroom to read it. In utter shock and complete

A contemporary reading of The Drover's Wife suggests that the author, Henry Lawson, is engaging in a little misdirection. That is to say that the title of the story deemphasizes the principal character's autonomy by referring to her as the wife of a hapless drover instead of the fearless, rugged, self-reliant woman she proves to be. The idea that she belongs to the drover, that she is his property (as opposed to him being her husband/property) is a hard pill to swallow after the reader learns of her exploits in the unforgiving bush.

In the story, True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, the author Avi created an external conflict. A major conflict that was developed in the story was Charlotte not knowing who to trust. A possible theme in the book, True Confessions of Charlotte doyle, is that you can’t trust everyone and every little thing someone said. According to the text on page sixteen Mr. Keetch said, “But it’s my strong opinion, miss, that you should take another ship for your passage to America.” Mr. Keetch warned Charlotte to take another ship because she was the only girl on the ship. Also as stated in the beginning of the story Charlotte was convicted of murder, and the men on the ship were really rude to her. Charlotte didn’t know if she could trust them or not.

Oh what a lovely war written by Charles chilton and developed by joan littlewood, which was written to capture the conflict that had made so many people 'disappear' form the face of the earth. Its set in the 1900's when the first world war and joan Littlewood interpreted it into an anti war piece as she believed

The battle with love is a major struggle to even the most pure souls. The obsessive nature controlling ones mind can cause people to act in demonic ways. In Demon Lover written by Elizabeth Bowen, the author portrays the short story in a setting surrounded by distress and chaos. The gloomy background followed the protagonist Kathleen Drover throughout the entire story, portraying her twisted fate. Like this story, the Scottish ballad of Demon Lover, whose author is unknown, had the protagonist in a similar predicament. The stories relate in the same plot and some of the main similarities include that both women were being stalked and hunted down, both women had families away kept away from their ex lovers, and both women end up with their lovers

In True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi talks about how Zachariah is a low rank and slowly becomes a higher rank though the novel. In these paragraphs it will be telling people reading this about the novel True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and how Zachariah is a marvelous person. First Zachariah gave a dagger to Charlotte to protect herself. Next he also tried to be Charlotte’s friend. In conclusion Zachariah took a punishment for the crew by being whipped. Zachariah is a great person for his actions.

“The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen is a short story that takes place during World War II in London, England. The main character, Mrs. Drover travels by herself to the bombed city to return to her boarded-up house. While gathering belongings, Mrs. Drover notices particular and out of place that begins to haunt her. The reader witnesses her mental state deteriorate as she begins dreaming of safety. The use of vivid imagery and flashbacks in “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen develops the mysterious and paranoid mood throughout the piece of literature.

Sometimes people hold on to our past which could cause us to lose understanding of others and in the world. For an example, the poem “To a dark Girl” by Gwendolyn Bennett is about how young black girls carry pain on the shoulders and they should let it go. This essay is about how the author’s use of tone , word choice , and imagery helps the following theme emerge in “To a Dark Girl”: that black girls should never hold on to their past.

At the beginning of the story, the narrator notes that “This is an empty old house since the old lady died” (Pancake 83). He doesn’t explain how she died, but goes on to talk about his boy who is supposedly missing. He claims that his boy ran away after his wife died, but also says that his son looked into the hog pen before running away. It is a likely possibility that the narrator murdered his wife and then threw her into the hog pen to be eaten. The boy, ignoring his father’s warnings, could have then looked into the pen and seen his dead mother before running away in fear. The narrator later provides indication that he killed his son when talking with the hitchhiker he picks up while plowing snow. The hitchhiker asks what the narrator’s boy does now, to which he replies: “He was learning a mason’s trade when he run off” (Pancake 86). He goes on to mention that his son was a hod carrier, which requires immense physical strength. The hitchhiker begins talking about a mentally-challenged man that was found dead in the area sometime in the past (Pancake 86-87). Since one common trait of mentally-challenged people is great strength, the conclusion can be drawn that the murdered man is actually the son of the

It is now servicemen, many about to be posted to the front. The theatre stays open and performances go on whilst frightening bombing raids takes place. The war has regulation that there must not be congregations of people. This brings a stop to the performances. An interesting development is that Mrs Henderson, who has always been part of the wealthy upper class, delivers a speech to the service men.

Most women can agree that it is necessary to have certain standards in regards to choosing a man, or woman, they would prefer to be with. Us ladies are goddesses and deserve a partner who can be our support, our equal, and our rock to build from. This is simply biology, that a man must be a strong match in order to get the girl and pass along his lineage. As we have evolved, so has our interpretation of this concept. Classic and modern art alike depict the choosiness of women and the impact it has on society.

London by William Blake is a poem characterised by its dark and overbearing tone. It is a glimpse at a period of England's history (particularly London) during war and poverty, experienced by the narrator as he walks through the streets. Using personification it draws a great human aspect to its representation of thoughts and beliefs of the narrator.

“The Devil’s Wife” by Carol Ann Duffy is a tragic and powerful poem. Written in the form of a dramatic monologue, Duffy adopts the persona of Myra Hindley, the notorious Moors Murderer. The poem consists of five individually titled sections, each describing an individual part of Hindley’s experiences from meeting Brady to feeling sorry for herself while sitting in her prison cell. At the end of her life. Themes relating to avoiding responsibility, self-pity and her fear of society’s reaction to her crimes are explored as Duffy creates an effective persona.