This lesson contains 19 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Items in this lesson
Demon Lover
By: Stan, Merel and Simon
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Slide
What is this lesson about?
What is a short story?
Character
Plot
Setting
Mood
Theme
Narrator
Slide 3 - Slide
What is a short story?
15.000 words
Unity
Concise
Slide 4 - Slide
Character
Kathleen Drover
Ex-lover
Cab driver
Caretaker
Slide 5 - Slide
How can you define the protagonist as a person?
Slide 6 - Open question
Plot
Letter
Taxi
Old lover
Slide 7 - Slide
What is "The Blitz"?
Slide 8 - Open question
Setting
London 1940
Old Neighborhood
Family Home
Cab
Slide 9 - Slide
What made Kathleen panic in the taxi?
Slide 10 - Open question
Mood
Depressed
Opening letter
Chaos
Nervous
Slide 11 - Slide
How does Mrs. Drover control her fear?
A
She turns it into anger.
B
She gives herself a peptalk.
C
She focuses on practical activities.
D
She refuses to acknowledge it.
Slide 12 - Quiz
Theme
One theme
Suspense/war
Lesson
Other themes
Slide 13 - Slide
Narrator
Third person
Switch
Use of time
Glow-ups/breakdowns
Slide 14 - Slide
How can the narration in this story be described?
Slide 15 - Open question
Study questions
Identify two possible interpretations to the story. What effect does the ending have on you as a reader?
Review the description of the story's setting in the beginning. What mood, or atmoshpere does this passage establish?
Identify two examples of foreshadowing in the story. In what ways to they hint at important events presented later in the story?
Reread the flashback on page 81. Would the story be as powerful if the events had been told in chronological order without the use of flashback? Explain your thoughts.
How does the war setting make ‘The Demon Lover’ more believable?
How does the author describe Mrs. Drover’s house at the beginning of the story?7.What are some examples of imagery in the story?
Slide 16 - Slide
Study questions
7. What are some examples of imagery in the story?
8.How does the image of Mrs. Drover in the mirror compare to the way she feels?