The Demon Lover

The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen encapsulated me with its eerie tone and, occasionally, sinister plot. The majority of the credit towards the advancement of said plot can arguably be given to the short story’s main protagonist, Mrs. Drover. The prosaic, anxious, and insincere qualities of her personality steered the plot into a direction that ironically could have been avoided. Currently living in the country to avoid the German blitzkrieg, Mrs. Drover grew increasingly anxious to visit her home in London. Because of the bombings, “She had been anxious to see how the house was” (Bowen 1). This anxiety proved to be futile as upon entering her house she stumbled upon the dreadful letter. If she had been calm and patient and had trusted in…

The short story Demon Lover written by Elizabeth Bowen, as well as the ballad Demon Lover appear to revolve around the same concept. The short story is about a woman that was once in love and engaged to a soldier, who fought in World War II. When she returned to her former home she was blindsided by a letter she found on her table.No one had known that she would be visiting her home. The letter forced her to recall a promise that she had made to her former lover. Along the lines of the Demon…

Lovecraft. The Demon Lover is an ambiguous story that could be interpreted in several ways. It takes place during August after the tragic events of .World War II, in the city of London. Now...the question is: Is it a ghost story or as a psychological story? In my case, my stand point belongs to a ghost story, were her fiancé is a supernatural being who is waiting for her return. My hypothesis is based on the supernatural due to the fact that a variety of supernatural events occurs throughout the…

“The Demon Lover,” the title of two similar short stories about evil men. I have certain claims about what I think each character is like, both men and women in the ballad and story. I will describe what each plot is like in both stories. I will explain each story's theme. I will also point out what each mood is like. The characters in the story are Mrs. Drover and her fiance. I feel like Mrs. Drover is a woman who is brave. Mrs. Drover is brave because she wanted to return to her house in…

Revenge of The Demon Lover A promise should alway be carried out to whomever, when it fails revenge will take place. A promise should alway be carried out to whomever, when it fails revenge will take place. In the short story The Demon Lover, Bowen uses the primary character Mrs. Drover, to depict how far one person will go for revenge and the internal conflict of a memory. Mrs. Drover is murdered by an ex-lover who wants his bitter revenge after a failed promise. Elizabeth Bowen was born in…

In every novel, there is an element of figurative language always present. In each case figurative language can help enhance the image in the reader 's mind when they are reading a novel. The usage of foreshadowing plays a crucial role in the "Man from the South", "The Demon Lover", and "The Way Up to Heaven" by developing suspense. The development of suspense is created by the use of foreshadowing in the "Man from the South". In a scene of this novel, the narrator expresses their thoughts about…

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…

Elizabeth Bowen's short story, "The Demon Lover," is a genuinely dull and premonition story, made so by the scores of graphic pictures it is so overflowing with. Bowen utilizes overflowing measures of typical symbolism in a to a great extent fruitful push to draw the peruser, however quickly, into this universe of her own configuration, and it ends up being an unsettling and evil place; this sentiment premonition that Bowen looks to ingrain in the peruser just turns out to be more purported as…

Revenge of The Demon Lover A promise is a promise, in return to a failed promise revenge will always take place. In the short story The Demon Lover, Bowen uses the primary character Mrs. Drover, to depict how far one person will go for revenge and the internal conflict of a memory. Mrs. Drover is murdered by an ex-lover who wants his bitter revenge after a failed promise. Elizabeth Bowen was born in 1899 and died in 1973, she was an upper middle class writer, from Dublin, Ireland. The turn of…

don’t know if you will marry the person you are dating. The best story that explains this is “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen. This is because the message is more revealed through the dialogue and characters in the story. In “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen, the message is war doesn't just affect the soldiers, but also their loved ones. Mrs. Drover has lost her lover in the war and she still hasn’t gotten over him. It states in the story, “Her reluctance to look again at the letter came…