“The Demon Lover”‚ originally written by Elizabeth Bowen‚ has many interpretations‚ making it possible for completely different retellings‚ such as the Scottish Ballad and Shirley Jackson’s “The Daemon Lover.” Even then‚ the reader can find many similarities and differences between the themes of the texts. The Scottish Ballad‚ and “The Demon Lover”‚ both have very similar themes. Bowen’s story tells the reader to always stay true to their promises. This is shown by the way Mrs. Drover’s guilt of
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3 March 12‚ 2014 The Promise In the short story “The Demon Lover‚” written by Elizabeth Bowen‚ she describes a story of a middle aged woman who had made a promise with her fiancé twenty-five years ago. It begins by Mrs. Kathleen Drover coming back to her old bombed house in London to pick up a few things left behind. While she was there‚ Mrs. Drover finds a letter which makes her recall of her soldier fiancé twenty-five years ago and the promise that he made her make. After she had read the letter
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a highly accomplished poet‚ and this in a time period in which heavy sexism made it almost impossible to do so. Browning was truly an eloquent writer‚ and in her 1857 letter to Napoleon III‚ tried to persuade him to pardon the recently exiled Victor Hugo. While Browning never actually mailed the letter‚ she takes a variety of standpoints during it‚ although‚ a reserved yet mocking tone remains throughout. Browning acknowledges sexism and panders to Napoleon so that
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Through her study‚ Elizabeth Croll claims there are ‘missing girls’ in China and South Asia‚ because of the diminishing ratio of female to male infants in these countries. A common trend throughout these countries; which has contributed to the ‘missing girls’ in statistics‚ is the belief held that sons are preferred over daughters. This belief is encouraged by the cultures of these countries; boys were believed to be of more importance as they could keep the family name‚ preventing extinction of
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warrant a second glance to a person passing by. Disregarded is the concept that someone filled the cup‚ someone drank from it‚ and someone will clear it away. If a closer look is taken‚ this underlying intention can be discovered. American poet Elizabeth Bishop explored this idea through her work. Bishop was deeply affected by the loss of her mother after she was institutionalized until her death as well as the loss of her lover after she unexpectedly killed herself. Familiar with feelings of being
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Queen Elizabeth 1 addresses her land forces at Tilbury in 1588 because they are in imminent threat of invasion by the Spanish Armada. The purpose of this speech is to express‚ support and motivate her troops before heading into battle. Queen Elizabeth 1 uses repetition of the possessive pronoun ‘my’ to emphasize logos and imagery to emphasize ethos. With these three techniques Queen Elizabeth 1 Delivers an inspiring speech and leads England to victory over the Spanish Armada. Pathos relates to the
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The poem One Art by Elizabeth Bishop has a conversational tone conveying an obvious particular notion--at first. The first refrain serves to declare victoriously an opening statement that‚ "The art of losing isn’t hard to master" (Bishop Line 1). As the poem advances‚ repetitions of the first and second refrains reveal themselves as helpful incantations. At first‚ this villanelle appears as a no-nonsense tutorial equipped with literary imagery on how to get over losing things‚ places‚ opportunities
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“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Conner portrayed the unnamed grandmother in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” as a very manipulative‚ deceitful and selfish old woman‚ unlike an average grandmother. Grandmother posed as a “know it all” woman who bases her life on the past. In the beginning of the short story‚ the grandmother tries her hardest to change the families mind about traveling to Florida for a vacation because “she” wants to go to Tennessee to meet some of her relatives. Her trying to
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Grandmother vs. The Misfit in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" In the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O ’Connor‚ the theme is strongly supported throughout the story and is stated in the title of the story itself. In " A Good Man is Hard to Find"‚ O ’Connor uses symbolism throughout the entire story to represent faith and death. O ’Connor foreshadows death when the family goes to the town "Toomsboro". The graveyard in the plantation is a symbol of death‚ and O ’Connor also writes
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Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is a renowned American actress‚ comedian‚ writer‚ and producer. She was born on May 18th‚ 1970 in Upper Darby‚ Pennsylvania. Fey graduated from the University of Virginia in 1992 and proceeded to move to Chicago in order to take improvisational classes. Her career began to take off when she repeatedly submitted scripts to NBC’s sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) until 1997‚ when she was interviewed and hired as a writer for the show. After writing various
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