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The Lover

Marguerite Duras
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24 pages • 48 minutes read

Marguerite Duras

The Lover

Marguerite Duras
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Sections 1-3

Sections 4-6

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Essay Topics

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How does the narrator’s race and financial class influence her relationship with the lover?

2.

What role does the elder brother play in the narrator’s family? Why do you think that he fears the narrator?

3.

Analyze the narrator’s relationship with three other women in the text. How does the narrator regard these women? How do her social expectations compare to theirs?

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