The Mysterious Lover “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen begins in the early 40’s Kensington area in London, where the main character Mrs. Drover being introduced while returning to retrieve the articles for herself. She returned to her house, she saw the WWII cracks and troubled times, the piano, the struck clock and the letter K. (on the letter from her demon lover, which becomes dear to the reader and represent how the life can bring the past to revenge and haunt the mind). Bowen ultimately uses different literary elements within her story to develop the theme of revenge , war and peace, identity , doubt and ambiguity and victim and victimizer to her main character “Mrs.
Drover” past events. In the short story “The Demon Lover,” by Elizabeth …show more content…
Her fiancé had returned to claim his victim
.Bowen characterizes him as a psychopath, not the devil. He was the taxi driver, just six inches between his eyes and hers, she recognizes her past lover and let out a piercing , beating her gloved hands on the glass all round as the taxi accelerating without mercy along the street .
In conclusion, Elizabeth Bowen’s style of writing incorporated her prominent elements of symbolism, characterization allusion and imagery to help define the hidden past of the main character Mrs. Drover giving an insight into what it was . She uses her style in ballad modern
English in a chronological order: an absent lover, her marriage of Mr. Drover, and a desertion from her Mr. Drover marriage upon her soldier lover’s return. The author’s sublet use of props conveyed to the reader that the past life may still haunt her in the
Drover” past events. In the short story “The Demon Lover,” by Elizabeth …show more content…
Her fiancé had returned to claim his victim
.Bowen characterizes him as a psychopath, not the devil. He was the taxi driver, just six inches between his eyes and hers, she recognizes her past lover and let out a piercing , beating her gloved hands on the glass all round as the taxi accelerating without mercy along the street .
In conclusion, Elizabeth Bowen’s style of writing incorporated her prominent elements of symbolism, characterization allusion and imagery to help define the hidden past of the main character Mrs. Drover giving an insight into what it was . She uses her style in ballad modern
English in a chronological order: an absent lover, her marriage of Mr. Drover, and a desertion from her Mr. Drover marriage upon her soldier lover’s return. The author’s sublet use of props conveyed to the reader that the past life may still haunt her in the