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• Leerjaar 5

The Demon Lover

By Elizabeth Bowen

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• Text "The Demon Lover"
• Answers
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Summary

1. What does the title suggest about the plot of the story?

2. Which theme suits the title?

3. How does the description of the weather (in the beginning) support the story?

4. What does “Dead air come out to meet her” mean?

5. What is the setting of the at the beginning (the streets and the house)?

6. How does the imagery support the description of setting of the house?

"Though not much dust had seeped in, each object wore a film of another kind; and, the only ventilation being the chimney, the whole drawing room smelled of the cold hearth."

7. How does the house mirror Mrs. Drover's personality?

8. How does the author get the attention of the reader?

9. In the flashback (P. 2/3) is given a foreshadowing, name that one.

10. Why would the author use flashbacks in this story?

11. How does the image of Mrs. Drover in the mirror compare to the way she feels?

13. How does the war setting make this story more believable?

14. Name themes of ‘The Demon Lover’?

15. Why does the author describe the weather so much?

16. How does gothic literature link to demon lover?

17. How do you interpretate the story’s ending?

18. When you read the text, why would E. Bowen have written 'The Demon Lover'.

Text: "In 1940 and 1941 Elizabeth Bowen experienced the Blitz, a period in which the Germans bombed British cities, most people were overwhelmed by the bombings after having experienced the events of the first world war. It was for Bowen people a confusing time. For most people it was a war on top of a war."

CITO questions

19. Which hour is according to the beginning of page 4 not the arranged hour?

1. Six O’clock
2. Eight O’clock
3. three O’Clock
4. Midnight

20. Which destination does Mrs. Drover give to the taxi driver to bring her to?

1. Her house
2. none
3. Somewhere away from London
4. the caretaker's house

21. Mrs. Drover finds a letter, is that letter addressed? if so, give the sentence.

22. Something is not watching Mrs. Drover, when she arrives at the old house, what? Give the part of the sentence it is in?

23. What is the first name of Mrs. Drover?

1. Katherine
2. Elizabeth
3. Kendra
4. Kathleen

THE END