The Demon Lover Essays

Elizabeth Bowen’s rendition of an age-old ballad “The Demon Lover”. This short story’s ending is left up for debate as to who and what occurred, especially in regards to the lover himself. To look at Bowen’s story through the lens of the ballad, the missing details seem to tell a larger picture. Although Mrs. Drover’s ex-fiance is never properly introduced in “The Demon Lover”, there is sufficient evidence to support the assumption that he is a demon, and he took her away in the end. One idea that seems

The Terror of The Demon Lover There are several locations within The Demon Lover where imagery was used to set the tone of the story. Some of these include how the house was described, how Mrs. Drover was portrayed, and how the taxi gave off a false sense of security. The story has a very eerie tone and the depicts that extremely well. The imagery set the tone so well that you can almost hear the house creaking as Mrs. Drover walks through. While the entire story had very descriptive diction, there

In 1945 Elizabeth Bowen published her short story “The Demon Lover”, in which the main character, Kathleen Drover, returns to her war torn home in London during the midst of World War II and finds a letter supposedly from her ex fiancé who has been presumed dead for 25 years. The story ends with the main characters abduction, presumably by her ex fiancé. Since its publication, “The Demon Lover” has been subject to much debate over the meaning of the events in the story. In his article “Psychosis

Historicism to Elizabeth Bowen’s “The Demon Lover”? New Historicism marks a critical moment in literary and cultural theory. The New Historicist discourse of literary investigation has broken down the boundaries of what is deemed acceptable in literary analysis; its essential premise focuses on how a literary text reveals the dominant ideologies of a society from a specific era in history. This essay will describe New Historicism and apply it to the short story, “The Demon Lover”, by Elizabeth Bowen. It will

How do our experiences shape our both growth and identity of human beings? In “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen the setting is London in the 1940s. The city is damaged by German bombings from World War II, this dark setting influences the themes presented in the short story. In “The Secret Sharer” by Joseph Conrad the setting is on a boat in the Gulf of Siam, which is now present day Gulf of Thailand. Both authors explore growth, deterioration, self-identity through character conflicts. Although

In the short story “The Demon Lover” Mrs. Drover, forty four year old lady scape from the World War. She moved with her family to the countryside when the war worsened. They had to get used to their country life. When she tried to get back to her old house in London to look for things she wanted to take with her. Mrs. Drover found a letter addressed to her at the hall table. The letter was due in London the day she arrived there. She looked for any open window or door. She had a caretaker but she

The Demon Lover is an interesting and mysterious short story. Mrs. Drover is the protagonist of the story, while her ex lovers spirit is the antagonist. Mrs. Drover had been his fiancée until he went missing during the world and was presumed killed. Throughout the story she is trying to figure out what’s real and what’s fake. In The Demon Lover, Elizabeth Bowen use flashbacks and diction to portray the theme of fate and the presence of the past. Elizabeth Bowen includes a flashback when Mrs. Drover

throughout both texts will be explained and analyzed in depth. Specifically, narrowing in on the use and methods of tone, vocabulary, and pacing. To begin, the themes of each text will be analyzed and decided. In Shirley Jackson's version of The Demon Lover we follow an unnamed woman as the protagonist on her wedding day. On this day she is not able to find her fiance, Jamie, as a result she goes to look for him

Elizabeth Bowen, the author of “The Demon Lover,” was born in a small town in Ireland. During World War II, Bowen was employed by the Ministry Information in London and also served as a an air raid warden. This inspired Bowen to write most of her stories about the events and the effect of World War II. One of the effects Bowen writes about is the wives of fallen or missing soldiers. Many women today are currently waiting on their fiances or husbands to come back from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan

Analysis of “The Demon Lover” Reliving a past experience can often cause someone to have a relapse of those exact emotions of feelings. Elizabeth Bowen often uses her own life experiences throughout her work. Bowen often portrays herself as the main character. Bowen gives her readers a chance to read little bit and pieces of how her life was during the Blitz and World War II. In the short story “The Demon Lover” Elizabeth Bowen uses internal conflict to portray the effects of war.Mrs. Drover through

Ambiguity or fallacy of ambiguity is a word, phrase or statement, which contains more than one meaning. Ambiguity is usually a technique used in a text to generate confusion for the reader. For instance, " The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen is a short narrative that shows this previous characteristic, since it can be interpreted in several ways such as: it is a ghost story or it's simply about a mentally unstable protagonist ( Kathleen). Personally I believe it is just a story about a mentally unstable

Racism and the paranormal: the double meaning of the The Test and The Demon Lover throughout the text The Demon Lover and The Test are not stand-alone stories. In both stories, there is some extra literary knowledge required to completely grasp the (double) meaning of the texts and the titles. How does the double meaning of the title become clear throughout the Test and The Demon Lover? At first, it seems as though ‘The Test’ is just about a driving test, be it an incredibly racist one. Racism

My last duchess is written by Robert Browning which first appeared in 1842, after the Renaissance period. The poem “My last duchess” is set in 16th Century Renaissance Italy. A Duke which holds a nine hundred years old name shows an emissary through his palace. The emissary came to negotiate the Duke’s marriage to a daughter of a powerful family. The Duke later stops before a painting of his last Duchess which was painted directly on the wall. The Duke orders the emissary to sit down and enjoy the

30-Day Assignments 1. Write one or two paragraphs on the Soderstrom article, A Single Lucid Moment, pp. 59-61. Comment on what you think of the villagers understanding of the issue, and how you would respond to their request in the context of the Peace Corp Agent. The villagers of Papua, New Guinea enjoyed a closed culture of teamwork and communalism, promoted by the homogeneity of interest in which, the collective interest of society is geared towards improving the total welfare of the entire

We all have our inner demons. Everyone has experienced moments when their feelings, emotions, and those voices inside their heads bring out their dark side. The word demon has a metaphorical meaning, however, the myth of demons (or spirits) is probably the earliest myth of all. According to Langton, primitive people believed in primitive animism, which ‘pre-supposes the existence of a multitude of spirits whose character is not clearly defined.’ Some of these spirits were harmful, which provoked

CHAPTER-V THE HEALING POWER OF FOLK CULTURE Images of women healing ill or injured women, or of women healing themselves, have become one of the central tropes in contemporary African American women’s novels. Authors such as Gayl Jones, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, and Toni Morrison utilise the trope of healing to measure past and present oppressions of women of color and to discuss what can and what cannot be healed, forgotten and forgiven. Much focus is put on how healing could be accomplished

The issue of trying to understand demons and demon possession and demonic influence has been one of fairly great difficulty for many people. The Bible makes it very clear that there is such a thing as demon possession and it is never beneficial for the person who is possessed. Konya points out that it is actually the state of being indwelt by at least one demon and that demon is almost, if not entirely, in control of the individual possessed. This state results in intense physical and mental pain

The Popol Vuh is a cultural narrative of the Quiché people that blends folklore, mythology, and historical accounts. The contents of the Popol Vuhhave been relayed through oral tradition for many years, and its written form has suffered many losses following Spanish colonization of Latin America. Spanish colonizers destroyed nearly all Quiché texts and codices, including the Popol Vuh. Thus, the earliest known version of the Popol Vuh that exists is a Spanish translation by Reverend Father Franzisco

anywhere better mirrored than in C.S. Lewis’ book “The Screwtape Letters,” which consists of a series of letters written by an elder demon (the title character) to a junior devil advising him about how to tempt souls to hell; he speaks often of the “time-tested” ways of seducing lost souls. Moreover though, the work illustrates the society of the hell in which the demons dwell as an eternal power struggle not only with God but also with each other; Screwtape himself lays out his worldview as that “all

As Quinn observes, for Firmicus as for Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Cyprian, and Arnobius, all Christians have the ability to exorcise. “Lo, that demon whom you worship, when he hears the names of God and His Christ, trembles and can hardly put together stammering words,” he writes in another place. The devil, who as the prince and “procreator” of demons, is the chief target of the attack on paganism. Quinn rightly comments that Firmicus’ understanding of the gospel message in terms of exorcism has