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Around the Setting
Related to Theme
About the Author
100
Bombing of London by the Germans
Why did the character leave her house in the first place?
100
Her soul in the image of her house
What links and somehow mistakes her old memories about the previous war with the present one?
100
On a deserted part of Londen
Where do the events all take place?
100
The bombardment that took over London
What is the main reason that the neighborhood is abandoned
100
Elizabeth Bowen was born on 7 June 1899
When was Elizabeth Bowen birth date?
200
Two Years
How long did the bombing last?
200
Because she loses the notion of time and her mental stability
Why dose Mrs. Drover think that the things she discovered inside are to much for her?
200
Her long-dead fiance
While in the house who dose Mrs. Drover remeber of?
200
The house due to the condition it is in
What shows that Mrs. Drover has suffered from what has happened
200
Her father became mentally ill
What disability did Elizabeth's father have?
300
To collect some personal belongings
Why did Mrs. Drover return to her old home?
300
A pattern of insanity
What dose the rain symbolize?
300
The spirit that haunts the house
What could the abandoned part of the London?
300
Mrs. Drover's psyche
The "Bruise" on the wall also can represent what in Mrs. Drover
300
1923
When did she marry Alan Cameron?
400
Confuses World War II with World War II
What Psychological instability dose Mrs. Drover have?
400
That the war and the problems happening will never go away
What dose the War and the hollowness of the house symbolize?
400
Because it is fall
Whats the reason that it was raining?
400
That there is no way to let go of the past and bad memories
The way every thing in the house is battered up in the house can also mean?
400
1945
When is it when Elizabeth wrote "The Demon Lover"?
500
A Letter
What dose Mrs. Drover find in her house?
500
A melodrama of what war did one's soul
If the the story isnt just about a homecoming for meeting some supernatural event then what else?
500
So the reader can tell that it going to rain and some supernatural
What is the setting of being cloudy in London?
500
Mrs. Drovers past
What could the image on the taxi window that Mrs. Drover saw mean?
500
From lung cancer
How did Elizabeth die?