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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the way they live and try to fit in. With the introduction of the rough cow’s drover (Hugh Jackman) as an assistance of Sarah Ashley‚ the drover helps her to save her remote cow station. In this case‚ Sarah not only fit in to the aboriginal society because of her acceptance and understanding‚ but also affect by the drover‚ she as an English noble is not really standing on their side‚ one of the reason is the drover doesn’t want to join the English noble group but there is another important reason
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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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interesting prospective into the people who made this country the way it is today and the history behind it. Clancy of the Overflow is a well known bush poem by poet AB “Banjo” Paterson. Clancy of the overflow is about a person from the city who met a drover/ shearer named Clancy. After meeting him he becomes jealous of Clancy’s lifestyle which is better than his city life. In this poem Banjo uses a variety of poetic devices to get his message across like the use of suggestive language‚ descriptive language
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the title‚ DEMON lover. For me this is a clear indication that the main character is being haunted by a spectral spirit. Subsequently‚ there are many evidences in the story that make me think that there is a ghost chasing our main character Mrs. Drover. The clearest evidence in my opinion is the letter left to her in her old escritoire. It was a letter written to her so she would read it on this exact day she visited her former house on London‚ it was signed by K. Nobody
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we have a heightened understanding of the gravity of the situation and find ourselves on the edge of our seats. Q2 Examine how the relationship between context and text shapes meaning in one of Henry Lawson’s short stories. Text Summary: ‘The Drovers Wife’ is a short story by Henry Lawson about a woman who is left alone in the harsh Australian bush to look after the house and children while her husband is away sheep
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