the collection entitled "While the Billy Boils" in 1892. Lawson was deeply interested in the effects of the harsh Australian outback on people’s lives‚ having himself spent 18 months in the bush. This was expressed in a number of so-called "bush ballads" and stories‚ "The Drover’s Wife" being one of them. This short-story has the Australian bush or outback as its setting. This is revealed in the two first paragraphs‚ where the author makes a short and precise description of the little house and
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love. In the story‚ Mrs. Drover is returning to her abandoned town and empty house to collect some belongings only to be greeted by a presence. Mrs. Drover believes this presence is an old love coming back. In the poem “Obsession” by Dana S. the speaker personifies obsession and gets the reader to sense that obsession can be a presence to anyone. In “The Demon Lover‚” the story opens up with a description of a woman‚ Mrs. Drover‚ who is returning to the house she
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three sons away from their London home. In the beginning of the story‚ the protagonist‚ Mrs. Drover‚ is just returning to her old home from the country side. She doesn’t think anything out of order‚ until she sees a letter addressed to her. This was one of the first things Bowen uses to create suspense. Another thing she uses is the fact that the house is empty‚ but she doesn’t feel alone. The Drovers‚ like several other families‚ had been evacuated and sent to live in the country when the war
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Lover‚” Mrs. Drovers character is very diverse‚ and not in a very positive way to say the least. Her character seems mostly typical and ordinary at first but you begin to see a different side of herself as the story prolongs. Mrs. Drovers character strongly presents the main themes to the story which factors into her demise and describes her as a paranoid‚ naïve‚ and cautious woman. At the beginning of the story Mrs. Drover seems typical and ordinary like any person. However‚
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The main character of this short story‚ Mrs. Drover‚ is traumatized after the Blitz‚ the catastrophic aerial bombardment which took place over London between 1940 and 1941. Because of her psychological instability‚ Mrs. Drover confuses World War II with World War I. Returning home to collect some personal belongings‚ she remembers her long-missing fiancé to the point where one does not know if this is a gothic story that has some supernatural happenings or simply a story of one character’s neurotic
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Jack Graham October 29‚ 2008 Period 3 Literary Analysis Essay “The Demon Lover” is a short story about a woman named Mrs. Drover who gradually loses her mind as she revisits her old home‚ which she was forced to move out of because of World War II. Having just moved to a house in the country‚ some of Mrs. Drover’s belongings are still in the old house. While she is there retrieving her items‚ she flashes back to World War I when she had to say goodbye to her lover which causes her to become
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Students‚ This is your semester exam study guide. You are responsible for the answers to the questions. I will not provide you with the correct answers. All of the test questions are taken from stories we read in class this semester. What does carpe diem mean? A. live for tomorrow B. prepare for death C. seize the day D. life is long Carpe diem is a main theme of “To His Coy Mistress.” Which of these lines best expresses this theme? A. “. . . though we cannot make our sun / Stand
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Elizabeth Bowen "The Demon Lover" In Elizabeth Bowen’s‚ The Demon Lover‚ the story revolves around the central character Mrs. Drover. As the reader finishes the story it is unclear whether she was abducted by the devil‚ her deceased fiancé‚ or she was in the midst of a war time induced hallucination. In order to decipher the events the reader must interrupt the clues concerning the letter‚ Mrs. Drover’s flashback to World War I‚ and determine who the taxi cab driver was. It is my impression that
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Nullah‚ and a lady called Sarah Ashley. It start with Lady Sarah Ashley are taking to Australia‚ for selling her husband’s station Faraway Downs. But Sarah’s husbands Maitland are being killed by a spear. Sarah come to Darwin‚ where she should meet Drover‚ he is mastering and drives cattle. He drives Sarah to Faraway Downs in Northern Territory. On the way are they meeting Kimberly Flynn‚ the account on Faraway Downs. At the first night at Faraway Downs‚ Sarah is walking out at the stairs and then
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In "The Drover ’s Wife"‚ by Henry Lawson‚ the drover ’s wife clearly possesses qualities that associate her with the myth of the bush. The drover ’s wife illustrates her resourcefulness and her ability to work hard despite her isolation. The central character is forced to use her resources - both physical and mental - to survive and feed her family. The drover ’s wife has no real permanent help‚ although she has four kids and a dog they are all young and more trouble than help. She uses everything
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