Screw‚ the Greene theory is the most plausible explanation of the events. The Governess is the murderer of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel‚ and Quint and Jessel return to haunt Bly. The events result in Mrs. Grose gaining a sense of trepidation around the Governess while her plans to take over Bly are unsuccessful. The Governess has no limits when it comes to getting what she desires. After killing Quint and Jessel‚ the Governess comes to Bly to carry out the rest of her machination. She begins by applying
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character‚ the Governess. The Governess is sane but becomes mildly mentally disturbed as she independently experiences hallucinations. She is mostly sane because she is aware of her surroundings‚ she can make rational decisions and she has had mild hallucinations. The Governess is sane because she is aware of her surroundings throughout the story. She states that she ‚ “was...to protect and defend the little creatures in the world the most bereaved and the most lovable”. (James 36) The governess is aware
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Baker 5 January 2015 The Governess with a Loose Screw In The Turn of the Screw by Henry James the protagonist‚ the governess‚ continues to see two ghosts‚ Peter Quint and Miss Jessel‚ at Bly Estate. Throughout the novel the governess believes that the ghosts are trying to communicate with the children and they are there to corrupt and hurt them. However‚ the children never make mention of the ghosts‚ so it may be possible that the ghosts are not really there and the governess is making the sightings
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apparitions in Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw. Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw is one of most celebrated ghost stories of all time. The novella is set in a small town named “Bly” where the governess assumes the duties with her ward of two children: Miles and Flora (5). As the protagonist – the governess narrates the story in first-person; thus‚ the reliability of the story is arguably biased due to her comments and thoughts in the text. The author deliberately encloses elements of ambiguity within
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Turn of the Screw" relays the story of a young governess‚ sent to the secluded‚ mysterious estate of Bly to supervise two young children‚ Miles and Flora‚ her employers nephew and niece. The housekeeper‚ Mrs. Grose‚ seems to be the only adult the governess develops a relationship with and is used by James to create ambiguity concerning the truth of the happenings of Bly. Having been persuaded by the charm of her employer to accept the job‚ the governess arrives at the house only to be greeted by the
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generally accepted that the Governess was a good character‚ fighting against evil ghosts to protect the children. This is noted in the statement‚ “I was there to protect and defend the little creatures”. However in the early 1920s‚ critics began to suggest that the story centred around the Governess’ troubled mind rather than supernatural occurrences. James’ writing contains much ambiguity and almost every critical incidence can be interpreted to prove that the Governess is mad as well as to prove
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when the Governess suddenly saw a stranger at the tower‚ she felt "two distinct gasps of emotion;" at first she was in shock then surprised (James 310). The readers imagine the sharp emotion that stirred up inside the Governess‚ feel her heart beating faster‚ and probably experience the terror themselves. Creepy‚ unnatural silence is a sign of Peter Quint ’s presence in both his first appearance and when he shows up inside the house on the staircase. In the first of these scenes‚ the Governess‚ who is
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of the Screw‚ Henry James portrays the governess as a delusional woman who conceives the ghost of Peter Quint as a direct manifestation of her own fears and desires about sex. James utilizes the ghost of Quint to represent adulthood and sexual maturity‚ thus epitomizing an older version of the “innocent” child‚ Miles. The governess’ beginning of insanity was prompted by Mrs. Grose describing the previous governess at Bly as “young and pretty” like the governess‚ and goes on to describe the nature of
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reinterpretations of the book permeating more ambiguities. So as a current reader one should ask‚ does the governess‚ deceived by her own sexual fantasies‚ manipulate her version of the truth with subconscious sexual undertones so destructively that she destroys the lives of the two children under her charge? Wilson states‚ “The whole thing has been primarily and completely a characterization of the governess: her visions and the way she behaves about them” (172). James introduces the protagonist as she
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The book begins with a governess being hired to finish raising two children who have recently lost their father and are living with the maid. Throughout the early story the governess begins to see ghosts‚ who are in fact‚ that of the father and the previous governess who are both dead. The new governess fears that the ghosts have come for the children and begins planning a way to have the children to live with their uncle. The children are reluctant to leave and the governess is sure that this is part
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