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Can a Friend be the Devil? The Demon Lover is a story of a woman, Kathleen, who after coming home, finds a ghostly letter on her table. This letter gave her a ghastly reminder of a man she had promised to marry before he tragically died in World War I. The couple had agreed to meet again after all these years and, the letter promises that the meeting they had agreed to all those years ago, was still on. Suddenly she got a horrendous feeling that a presence was with her and began to recollect the life she had lived; she remembered marrying her new husband and having two children children with him. After this visit to her house, Kathleen finally left. After checking the time, she noticed it was the time that the mysterious letter had mentioned their …show more content…

Feeling the pressure of the situation, she hops into a cab. Unfortunately, the cab abruptly turns around back towards the house. Seemingly with no purpose, the Kathleen and the cab driver make eye contact and as she screams, he drives faster down the street (Baumeister & Twenge 166). It is believed that the cab driver was her ex-fiance that came back as a demon, to take her to Hell for remarrying and having children. Across many cultures it is believed that woman shouldn't be remarrying or have a sexual drive, because this is considered unpleasing to the patriarchal society. Similar to Kathleen in the Demon Lover, Connie from Joyce Carol Oates’ story Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? Has broken the unwritten rule of a patriarchal society about women. This is similar to Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? Just like Kathleen in the story, Connie is taken on a ride to Hell, however in Oates more modern tale, this ride came not in a cab, but a convertible driven by a creepy 30 year

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