"The Demon Lover” is a confusing short story because it can be interpreted in different ways. Some people might consider it a ghost story. Others might think it is a psychological thriller‚ which makes sense due to the fact that Mrs. Drover presents signals of having a mental problem. However‚ I decided to go with the ghost story for two reasons: it makes it more fun and I feel like there’s more evidence I could use to support that statement‚ even though I do agree she has some kind of mental problem
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Even though humans are indisputably flawed‚ writers have historically portrayed women as perfect beings. Throughout centuries of literature‚ women have been frequently idealized and stereotyped as seen in Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover” in which the woman is described as “perfectly pure and good” (26). This depiction of women in art has created an image that women in the real world cannot live up to: perfect‚ too gorgeous‚ always calm and gentle. Though‚ as times have changed‚ so has the portrayal
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The Demon Lover is a story written by Elizabeth Bowen which leaves a really big question‚ is the character of the story in a psychological trauma or is she being chase by and actual eidolon. This story is quite ambiguous‚ personally I like to think it’s a ghost story‚ just read 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
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In Robert’s Browning’s Porphyria’s Lover‚ published in 1836‚ what seems to be a normal love poem takes a shocking turn when the narrator strangles his lover. Naturally‚ critics of Porphyria’s Lover tend to discuss the speaker’s psychotic state as he shifts between reality and fantasy during his tale of murder. In her critical essay‚ Uma Kukathas argues that the speaker cannot be trusted to present with total accuracy the events he describes because of his psychotic state‚ which requires the reader
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The story "The Demon’s Lover” written by Elizabeth Bowen is a story were you can see ambiguity at its finest. In this case there are two ways to interpret the story‚ there is the psychological and the spiritual way of interpreting the plot of the story. The setting is in the city of London during the London Blitz meaning that it was during World War II. In my opinion I think that Mrs. Drover is suffering from a psychological disorder or trauma caused by the war. Mrs. Drover is the main character
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fulfilment. His experience growing up in a coal-mining family provided much of the inspiration for Sons and Lovers‚ his third novel‚ also considered his ‘crowning achievement’ (Qamar Naheed‚ 1998). Written in 1913‚ it is considered a pioneering work for its realism‚ vivid characterisation‚ treatment of sex complications and faultless control over tone and narrative method. Sons and Lovers is referred to as a Künstlerroman (a version of the Bildungsroman)‚ which is a novel charting the growth and
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Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning The dramatic monologue is narrated by the voice of the persona‚ which has been dictated by Robert Browning. This illustrates a contrast in the social classes of Porphyria and the persona. The opening scene is reinforced as “suller” and “spite”‚ nevertheless‚ after the presence of Porphyria‚ the atmosphere mutates to “warm” and “blaze up” followed by her seductive actions. Regarding to Porphyria’s “vainer ties” she is unable to ‘stoop’ causing her to “worship”
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This mystery image is “Art Lovers” by Honore Daumier. Color and vanishing point act as strong indicators in this piece. The picture frames that hang on the wall are the only elements with any color. The images within the frames are obscured indicating that the painted subjects are not of importance to this paintings meaning. The orange wash filling the frames gives a gold outline to the images hanging on the wall. The gold frames illustrate that these works are of importance and value to the artist
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Theme and Narrative Elements in a Short Story Essay Ashford University Week 2 Assignment ENG 125 10/24/2011 A short story illustrates the effectiveness of the plot‚ particularly one that has a surprise ending such as‚ “The Gift of the Magi”. In this story of Jim and Della‚ they are approaching Christmas and have very little money to spend on one another. They each want to surprise the other one with a marvelous gift for Christmas but they have little money and
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Critics like Daniel V. Fraustino are determined that this story is not about the trauma of World War I and World War II but a “murder mystery of high drama”[2]. It ought to be underlined that the essay you are reading is aiming to analyze "The Demon Lover" on a more psychological/psychoanalytical basis unlike what Fraustino did… Nevertheless‚ he is very right in last paragraph of his essay saying that this psychological interpretation having “its own kind of special appeal‚”[2]). Indeed‚ this approach
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