The Demon Lover, An Analysis

In Elizabeth Bowen's "Devil's Sweetheart", Kathleen Drover returned to London from her home in the country to gather some of her and her husband's abandonment during the war. It was a rainy day when it rained in late August, and most of the street she knew is now abandoned. The one who takes care of her house should be out of the city for a week, and her arrival is considered unknown. Mrs. Drawbar entered a moldy house and found a letter to her with the current date.

At a certain level, "devil's lover" carries a simple moral message. Bad things can not be punished. Because of her lover's infidelity, Mrs Drofu suffered from the outcome of her actions. Probably the taxi driver was a soldier and turned into a devil or a devil to find damn Lady Dro. Formerly, society depended on the story of devil lovers to encourage women to stay true in war. At another level, Mrs. Drofu's pain may be the result of years of struggle with betrayal of her guilt. Regardless of the other themes touched by the story, "devil lover" almost certainly depicts the sinister impact of wartime in human heart. During World War II, Bowen served as a watchmaker for air strikes when he lived in London, and the novel's "devil's lover" and other stories conveyed the fear, pressure, sorrow that the residents of London at that time received It tells a story.

To Jackson. In the posts of "Devil's Sweetheart", Bowen says that: "A devil's lover is an organic whole: not just a collection, in a sense, in a sense - whether it is good or bad - a book In addition, the order of the story - through the story - according to the order in which they are placed - I found an upward trend of the illusion The illusion in the story is not dangerous It is not the psychological danger of the story research fantasy A way to complete yourself - (± 1 - 2). For a more comprehensive research on devil lovers' subjects in English literature, see Reed Please refer to.