Jotted Lines

A Collection Of Essays

Menu
  • Literature
  • Media Studies
  • History
  • Management
  • Philosophy
  • Economics
  • Gender Studies
  • Psychology
  • Law
Menu

Tag: Daphne du Maurier

Don’t Look Now – Daphne du Maurier – Analysis

Posted on October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 by JL Admin

Daphne du Maurier’s short story, or novella, “Don’t Look Now” is a tale of the supernatural, full of mysterious premonitions, blind soothsayers, and messages from the next life. Critics refer to it as a fine example of contemporary romantic horror writing, and the film made from the story sent chills up the spines of many…

Don’t Look Now – Daphne du Maurier – Setting

Posted on October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 by JL Admin

Venice  Venice is an ancient seaport city in northeastern Italy, famed for its beautiful buildings and art and considered one of the most romantic cities in the world. It is a favorite destination of honeymooners and lovers. The city covers more than one hundred islands separated by 177 canals. The Grand Canal, on which John…

Don’t Look Now – Daphne du Maurier – Literary Devices

Posted on October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 by JL Admin

Foreshadowing  Almost mimicking the story’s visions and premonitions, du Maurier has filled the narrative with moments that point to some future event. She uses foreshadowing to indicate that trouble is coming soon, such as when John sees what he thinks is a small child wearing a hooded jacket fleeing danger through the streets and jumping…

Don’t Look Now – Daphne du Maurier – Themes

Posted on October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 by JL Admin

The Supernatural  The story is, at its core, a tale about seeing and talking with the dead, as well as about psychic visions and premonitions. Laura and John have lost their daughter but meet up with a blind woman who has visions of the dead child and can hear her warnings to her father. John’s…

Don’t Look Now – Daphne du Maurier – Characters

Posted on October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 by JL Admin

The Blind Twin Sister  The blind twin sister appears with her sighted twin sister at the restaurant where Laura and John are having lunch in Torcello, Italy, near Venice. She is from Edinburgh, has a shock of white hair, and often stares toward John as though she sees him. John guesses that she is in…

Don’t Look Now – Daphne du Maurier – Summary

Posted on October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 by JL Admin

In Torcello  ”Don’t Look Now,” opens with John, a British tourist in a small town outside of Venice, noticing two elderly twin sisters sitting at a nearby table. He and Laura, his wife, create wild scenarios to describe the sisters and their possible business in Torcello. The couple joke like this for some time, giving…

©2025 Jotted Lines | Built using WordPress and Responsive Blogily theme by Superb